Dóra Körmöndi
Neuroaffirmative mental health support & couples and family systems therapy
A lifelong balancing act: staying true to myself while not hurting others.
I naively and sincerely plunged into adult life. It felt good to drift, to spin in and out of loves and wine-soaked nights, hoping this was how I could outmaneuver gray monotony. Becoming a mother was sobering: learning responsibility and realizing that I always place myself last.
It was hard to live through my slow disappearance, but even harder to face the pain I can cause those who matter. It would have been easier to give up, to step back into a version of myself that others could love more easily. Instead, I fell even deeper, to a place where I had to come face to face with my innermost shadows.
Like someone learning to walk, I took my first slow, cautious steps toward my inner sea—no longer carrying the weight alone, but allowing others, at times, to hold me instead. And although where I have landed is not always calm, my currents are now familiar: at last, it is not others’ expectations but my own desires that guide me.
If you wish, I am by your side as you unfurl your sails and tame all that you have carried alone until now.
“My lowest points brought me closer to the person I had always wanted to become.”
couple and family systems therapist, family therapist (in training)
As a mental health professional and family systems therapist, I support my clients in gaining a deeper understanding of themselves, their relationships, and their family patterns.
In times of crisis, I also see the possibility of change: the point where our relationships and inherited legacies can take on new meaning. My main areas of interest are transgenerational patterns and, due to both my own and my family’s lived experience, the functioning of neurodivergent individuals and families.
I believe that childhood survival strategies often become limiting in adulthood; the goal of our work together is to recognize what supports us and what it is time to let go of.
I gained my professional experience in both Hungarian and international institutions: I worked at the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service, the Egészséges Lélek Mental Health Center, in acute psychiatry and family support services, and later abroad at an international rehabilitation clinic and a psychological center supporting families.
I currently work primarily online with both Hungarian and international clients. I focus in particular on families affected by neurodivergence and on Hungarians living abroad. I approach my work from a mental health and neuroaffirmative perspective, and when needed, I collaborate with clinical psychologists or psychiatrists.
How we can meet
We are not all the same, and we do not need the same things in every life situation. That is why I work in several formats: for some, an individual process helps them move closer to themselves; for others, the couple or family space creates movement. And for some, a quiet walk is where connection comes most easily.
Individual support
A safe space to see what you can let go of and which inner resources you can continue to rely on.
Couples consultation
We work on understanding the dynamics that have developed between you, so that tenderness and genuine connection can have space again.
Family systems therapy
We work to restore family balance so that everyone can return to their own place, making room for calmer everyday life.
Walk & Talk
Walking and nature help to move what has become stuck and to see more clearly where you would like to go next.
How I accompany you
For me, working together is always about relationship: attention, presence, and holding.
I do not bring ready-made solutions. I create a space where you can arrive at yourself and move forward at the pace at which change unfolds within you. I work from a systems perspective, creating emotional safety - sometimes through words, sometimes through images, stories, or silence. I adapt the methods to you, not the other way around.
In our work, we do not look at isolated problems, but at how relationships, roles, and patterns influence one another. This makes it possible to see why things happen the way they do and where the real point of change lies.
Emotions function as a compass: when we recognize and name them, this alone often brings relief and release. Our work together supports you in safely connecting with what is happening within you and in seeing what you truly need.
We focus on how you interpret your own and others’ internal states, and how these shape your relationships. This helps to see more clearly what triggers recurring conflicts and how you can respond differently.
The goal is for you to have both internal and external anchors that help you regain balance and remain stable even in difficult situations. These tools support you in ensuring that tension does not carry your story forward, but that you do.
Family legacies often influence our decisions, emotions, and relationships invisibly. The genogram helps to recognize these patterns and to decide what you carry forward and what it is time to put down.
In our work, we take into account the characteristics and capacity of the nervous system in a shame-free and accepting way. This makes it possible to understand why certain things are difficult and how you can be present in a way that works for you.
Slowing down and mindful presence help you step out of survival mode and see yourself from a new perspective. Here, the goal is not to perform, but to connect with what is within you.
Creative methods make it possible for what is happening inside to emerge even without words. They often lead to insights that are harder to reach through conversation alone.
Where I can support you
Many people arrive with similar questions: relationship pain, parenting challenges, inner blocks, overload, loss, or a search for direction. Beneath the surface, there are often recurring patterns, old beliefs, and unprocessed emotions. Together, we look at what you no longer need to carry and how you can find new anchors, so you can move closer to yourself and allow a new balance to emerge in your relationships as well.
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Relationship difficulties Infidelity, emotional distance, communication blocks, divorce, or reconnecting
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Family dynamics and parenting conflicts Blended and single-parent families, roles, and restoring blurred or overlapping dynamics
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Parenting challenges Recurring tensions, behavioral difficulties, parent–child relational patterns
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The dilemmas of maternal and female roles Identity, burdens, self-sacrifice, and reconnecting with yourself as a woman and as a mother
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Midlife crisis and life-management difficulties Searching for direction, life redesign, and recognizing and understanding addictive patterns
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Stress and emotional overload Constant pressure to meet expectations, nervous system load capacity and regulation
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Difficulties with self-esteem and setting boundaries Inner insecurities, searching for authenticity, and finding your own inner voice
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Losses and new beginnings Grief, farewell, processing change, and finding new directions
What my clients say
I met Dóra at a time in my life when everything felt like too much at once. Our conversations helped me untangle and put in order the difficulties that were coming in parallel. In her presence, even my deepest doubts, fears, and desires became speakable and workable.
Dóra awakened many new thoughts in me, which helped give shape to long-standing, deeply wandering questions that I sometimes had not even articulated yet, and through this brought me closer to solutions as well. During our sessions, I received very good ideas, perspectives, guidance, or simply understanding listening—depending on what I needed at the time in order to move forward.
I recommend her to anyone who wants to better understand themselves and the processes and experiences unfolding within them. Even after the first session, I felt that I was not alone in what I was going through. She asks questions that go deep, yet the process remains holding and safe. She offers a kind of support that does not direct, but strengthens.
Dóra helped guide me out of a situation I thought I would never escape from. She helped me gain insight into myself and understand why everything happened, and I learned how to set my boundaries. With her support, I became a better version of myself, and I feel good.
