About me

I am Péter Káplár, licensed psychologist, psychodrama assistant and complex integrative therapist candidate.

I work in central Budapest (Buda side), close to Móricz Zsigmond körtér, as well as online.

I support my clients in their journey towards self discovery and a more balanced, more integrated life in the format of individual and group therapy.

I obtained my Psychology diploma at Eötvös Loránd University Budapest; and my psychodrama practitioner licence at the Hungarian Association for Psychodrama.

My approach blends systemic insights with eclectic strategies, including psychodrama, hypnosis, cognitive-behavioral therapy (including mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral interventions), Rogers' person-centered therapy, schema therapy, psychodynamic schools, or family therapies -- tailored to the specific needs of my clients. I provide an atmosphere of support, empathy and trust so that you can feel able to share your feelings without fear of judgement. My consistent learning and self-reflection have allowed me to be clients' anchor and their holding environment. I believe that you are the expert on yourself and I create a non-judgmental, empathic and authentic relationship, which enables you to use it for your personal growth.

Background

The aim of therapy is for you to get an experience and understanding of the roots underlying your problems, which makes change possible.

Our relational knowledge, the basic relational attitudes and relational schemas we use, is so-called implicit knowledge: knowledge that we acquired in our childhood and to which we do not consciously have access. This knowledge is similar to how we can talk, walk, ride a bike: there is no way for me to be able to, or to will myself to, become aware of which exact muscles to flex, which ones to relax, how I should keep my balance when walking or when riding. The retrieval of this type of knowledge is automatic, and is not conscious: it is activated "by itself" by certain triggers and "the program is running".

We enter into emotionally important relationships -- with our partner, our boss, our child, etc. -- with this implicit relationship knowledge, and we are running these patterns automatically, and this affects the way they react to us, behave towards us.

During our consultations, you will gain a better insight into these patterns and expectations, and how they all affect your current relationships.

Studies, qualifications

Completed method-specific studies

Ericksonian Hypnosis and Brief Therapy -- Hungarian Complex Psychotherapy Association (Complex Integrative Therapist training)
Psychodrama assistant -- Hungarian Association for Psychodrama

Method-specific studies in progress

Psychodrama advanced degree (psychodrama leader) -- Hungarian Association for Psychodrama
Katathym Imaginative Psychotherapy (KIP) -- Hungarian Complex Psychotherapy Association (Complex Integrative Therapist training)

University qualifications

Psychology MA (Eötvös Loránd University), 2019
Master in Management MScBA (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University), 2015

Ars poetica

that is, what I think about the essence of therapy

"If our mother bent over our cot and observed with openness who we are, what we are becoming, then the experience that we are interesting and remarkable is ingrained in us deeply. It's as if the mother's face is a mirror in which, if we look into it, we can - in the best case - see our true self. Not what he wants us to become. Not his fears. Not the deficits of childhood. But what we were born to be. Unfortunately, we will not be able to figure this out on our own, even if we read a bunch of self-knowledge books. In order to get to know ourselves, we always need another person who plays the role of a mirror. An image of ourselves is formed from the reflection of our needs, our needs, and our emotions. Some people relate to this image with love and acceptance, while others with contempt and rejection. But everyone wants to be recognized, accepted and told back that they are a valuable person. Those who did not experience this in their childhood will be looking for it throughout their lives. Our nervous system, and with it our body, suffers if there is no one available to listen to us, to teach us who we are."

(Liza Lukács: How do you love me?)