About me

Anita Balázs-Miklovicz is a Licensed Psychologist, Coach, and Trainer with a private practice in Luxembourg, currently working online. Anita specializes in working with adults without mental diseases, couples and families. She received her Masters Degree in Clinical and Health Psychology from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest and her Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the University of Debrecen. Anita continues her Post Master’s studies in Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Szeged. Anita finished her studies in schema therapy and family & couple therapy, currently working under supervision before getting her final license. Anita is an active member of the Hungarian Family Therapy Association and the Association of Positive Psychology Luxembourg.

Prior to working in private practice and hospitals, Anita was working at multinational companies as a Senior Recruiter and a Team Leader. Interviewing, and advising people in different positions and seniority levels helped her to get a better understanding of challenges in a competitive business environment such as stress management, burnout, people management, work-life balance, change management, and motivational problems.

Anita is a person who is constantly eager to improve herself professionally, and grabs as many opportunities as she can to participate in professional workshops, in order to provide the best help she can to her clientele.

Anita creates a space where clients feel safe to discuss and create change. She believes that everyone has the ability for personal growth. She helps them through this process while deepening their self-knowledge, in order to live their lives more balanced, fulfilled, and happier.

Anita uses a combination of approaches to suit her clients’ personal and specific needs and goals. She uses cognitive behavior techniques, schema therapy, and systems approach.

Anita was born and raised in Hungary, and moved to Luxembourg recently. Due to this, she has a hands-on experience with the challenges of moving and living abroad and how to maximize the success of ex-pat life.

What does Anita specialize in?

Anita specializes in working with adults without mental diseases, couples and families. She has a passion for working with adults in normative/developmental crises, such as launching into adulthood, marriage, childbirth, loss of a loved one, retirement, etc., that often is encountered during the typical course of development and that require significant psychological, behavioral, or other adjustments. Anita deepened her knowledge in the psychological effects of fertility challenges, in vitro fertilization programs, and helps through her clients on this emotional roller coaster. She teaches them techniques that help to regulate their emotions in both individual sessions and in couple therapies.

Anita is also supporting clients with a variety of mental health issues including anxiety, emotional distress, and low self-esteem.

She believes that all people can grow, change and live a balanced, purposeful, and fulfilling life.

Her focus includes:

Challenges in relationships

Conflict resolution or communication issues (friendships, relationships, family, workplace), difficulties making decisions, divorce, mosaic family, setting healthy boundaries, challenges in parental roles, stress management, grief and loss etc.

Deepening self-knowledge

Developing healthy self-esteem, building a healthy self-image, developing self-efficacy, mid-life crisis, emotional challenges of living abroad etc.

Career consulting, challenges at the workplace, work-life balance

Career choice or career change, stress management, burn-out, developing self-efficacy, setting healthy boundaries.

Family- and couple therapy

Communication problems, intimacy issues, rebuilding trust, cultural adjustment and cultural differences, preparing for a new stage of the relationship (marriage, childbirth), coping with loss and grief, parenting styles and differences.

Change of lifestyle due to health issues

Stress management, developing adaptive coping techniques, setting new goals.

Dealing with fertility issues

Preparing for in vitro fertilization programs, stress management, developing adaptive coping strategies, how to communicate the challenges to friends and family, setting healthy boundaries, managing changes in intimacy.

Educational Background

Studies

2021-
Clinical Health Psychologist in training, Post Master's Degree
University of Szeged
2020
Trainer
Explorer Training Centre
2020-
Schema therapist in training, working under supervision
International Society of Schema Therapy
2019-
Family and Couple Therapist in training, working under supervision
Hungarian Family Association
2017
Coach
Őri and Németh Training Centre with ICF accreditation
Life and Business Coaching, Brief Coaching, Action Learning, Group Coaching, and Team Coaching.
2017
OH Card Instructor
2014-2016
Psychologist Master Degree with a specialization in Clinical and Health Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
2011-2014
Behavioral Analyst Bachelor Degree, Department of Psychology
University of Debrecen

Memberships/Associations

Hungarian Family Therapy Association
Association of Positive Psychology Luxembourg

Degrees, Certificates

Testimonials of clients

"Anita is a really good professional, I can't imagine a better psychologist than her, and I am very happy that I went to her for counseling. It was the best possible decision to choose her! In addition to being extremely knowledgeable, she is very kind, empathetic and you can feel that she really cares about her clients and that her work is her calling. I had a lot of problems that made my daily life difficult, including sleep problems, anxiety, and panic attacks, which I never imagined would ever go away. Despite my skepticism about getting better, we achieved results incredibly quickly during the consultations. Anita gave me a lot of tools, showed me many exercises and we explored all possible triggers through her questions, which helped me to completely get rid of my panic attacks by the end of the treatment and almost completely recovered from the sleep disorder that I had for years. We found solutions to all my problems. During the psychological counseling sessions, I felt that I could talk about anything, be myself, feel safe, and that I was the most important person to focus on. Anita didn't let go of my hand even after the counseling, she gave me a lot of exercises, methods, and ideas that I can use in the future. I feel that I can always count on her, and it makes me feel good that if there are any difficulties, challenging situations, or crises in my life that seem to be unsolvable, I can always turn to her for help. I cannot thank Anita enough, I can only recommend her to everyone! Your soul is in good hands with her. :)"

– L.

"Anita has helped me a lot. Talking to her made me realize what had happened to me before so I could let go of my past. Her exercises helped me to get a clearer picture of myself and to take better care of myself. I feel much better than before we started working together. She listened to me closely during our consultations and because of her empathetic attitude towards me, I became more accepting of myself. She pointed out things that I would not have seen on my own. Thank you!"

– Z.

"I came to Anita for counseling and we worked together for 8 months. She helped me through a very difficult time in my life. Working with Anita has fundamentally changed my way of thinking, and my daily quality of life has improved tremendously. I regularly draw on what I have learned in my sessions and am very grateful for the help I have received. I highly recommend her to everyone."

– D

"Anita was the first real professional I dared to go to with my psychological problems. She was always impeccably professional, fair, and precise, while during the 14 sessions I was able to reach fundamental turning points under her guidance, and on top of that, she was always extremely empathetic and kind. I could not have imagined that I could have made such a huge journey from total chaos and anxiety to clarity and a sense of security in such a short time, and I thank Anita very much for that. I definitely recommend her to anyone who needs to see a psychologist"

– N.

"I must admit that I had a hard time convincing myself to visit a psychologist, and after a long search, I chose Anita because I had heard very good things about her. I must say that I was not disappointed at all. With her professionalism and methods, the most problematic psychological issues for me were first alleviated and remedied, and later I was able to deal with my demons on my own. I thank her very much for her help! I can only recommend her!"

– D.

"Anita is a super professional, with a lot of energy, dedication, and empathy. I was able to overcome a sudden family/life trauma with her help, which I don't think I would have been able to do on my own. During the short sessions - about 4-5 sessions - we approached the problems from many angles, and she used a wide range of (mainly schema therapy) methods to explore my blockages. I recommend Anita to everyone, she is a great professional!"

– L.

"I found Anita in a psychologist search database. Of several professionals, she was the most appealing to me, based on her photo. I was not disappointed. I came away from the first session feeling very good. I consider him an excellent professional with whom I have improved a lot in one year. During our work together, we kept identifying clogs that I would never have been able to identify on my own. He uses very good techniques to help you get to know yourself and your problems. Many unanswered questions were answered during the therapy, which I thank her for! If I had to choose, I would choose him again!"

– N.

"I can only recommend Anita!!!!!! As I had not had a good experience with psychologists before, I was hesitant at first, but she was so sympathetic I decided to contact her - oh and I am happy I did. She is an empathetic professional with a lot of techniques that I have since used successfully in different life situations. I have had countless "aha" experiences that have helped me through my previous stumbling blocks. I know that I can always turn to her for help, which gives me a great sense of security. Eternal thanks to her!!!"

– K.