I’m Dr. Daniel Beganyi,
medical doctor and psychotherapist.

Being solution oriented

Expecting that every mental – emotional problem should be solved as quickly as an oil change or getting a prescription from your GP is sadly not realistic. However, as a medical doctor, even in a therapy space I naturally have my focus on getting to the root of a problem and, if possible, treating and solving it! Sometimes this focused approach can bring improvement even in a few sessions. In my training as a psychotherapist, I learned autogenic training, CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and the basics of schema therapy, all of which are practical, solution-oriented methods.

Multi-faceted approach

After my base psychotherapy training in CBT, I turned my attention towards other models, such as Emotional Focus Therapy (EFT) and integrative therapies (IFS, Kathatymic Imagery). Going further and deeper than the thoughts-and-behaviour focused approach of CBT, the aim with these models is to dissolve emotional blockages, explore unconscious memories, and allow trauma responses be processed on a somatic level too.

A healing realtionship – AEDP, my therapeutic home

AEDP is a modern, a novel dymanic method developed in the USA. It rests on the main concept that our problems do not arise and persist in a vacuum, thus, the primary task of the therapist is the undoing of aloneness, in a therapeutic relationship that is as authentic and real as possible. A relationship where we feel valued and supported, cheered on, deeply understood in our difficulties, celebrated in our successes.

In AEDP, this emphasis on relatedness is combined with a striving to help you get to greater wellbeing, with tools available to heal attachment wounds, develop your sense of Self, regulate your anxiety, and overcome blockages to experiencing healthy emotions.

AEDP is a flexible model, and it allows me to incorporate and use other methods and techniques that I have previously learned, combining them in whatever way seems most useful to you at the time. 

Crucially, AEDP also recognises that being problem-focused can sometimes part of the problem itself. Therefore, it emphasizes how unburdening and strengthening the anuthenticity you already possess as a human being can be just as effective as working on the ‘negative’ side, that is to decrease or stop a negative experience. We call that healthy vitality transformance, in AEDP. This more – for lack of a better word – ‘positive’ therapeutic journey often feels also more freeing, playful, and easy.  

My journey to psychoterapy

After graduating Debrecen Medical School in Hungary, I had two conflicting interests: curious for a deeper understanding of physiological processes, part of me was drawn to boimedical research, but eventually I made the decision to specialize in Family Medicine, which, in addition to the experience of helping patients in a direct way, also allowed me to develop important communication and problem-solving skills I still find useful today.

Upon moving to Budapest, interested in a more comprehensive, systems-level perspective about healthcare and health promotion, I acquired qualifications in occupational medicine and medical economics, and worked as vice medical director for a private health company for two years.

I have a passion for creativity since a young age, and through the years involved myself in the development of a labtest interpretation software, creative writing, jazz music and dance, and improvisational theatre.

In psychotherapy, I feel that I found a professional field that combines so many things that are deeply important to me: the experience of connecting and helping others, an opportunity for lifelong learning, and a profession that allows me to stand on firm theoretical grounds AND be creative at the same time. I consider myself very lucky!