Dr Zsuzsa Bodor is a psychiatrist specialising in the treatment of women and families with childbearing difficulties, as well as she is passionate about the examination, treatment and care of anxiety disorders, phobias, mood disorders, personality disorders, PTSD.

In 2004, she graduated as general practitioner in Budapest. She was a central intern at the National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology (OPNI) until 2006 and worked at the Szent János Hospital in Budapest from 2006 to 2010. From 2006 to 2010 she worked at the St. János Hospital in Budapest. In 2009 she passed the psychiatric and in 2014 the psychotherapist examination. Since 2014 she has been in private practice. In 2020 she graduated as a perinatal counsellor at ELTE University. Her method-specific qualifications are autogenic trainer (2006), psychodrama assistant (2011), cognitive therapist (2014), ‘Hold me tight’ group leader (2018), EMDR practitioner (2023). Since 2018 she has been participating in the training of the Hungarian Behavioural, Cognitive and Schematic Association (VIKOTE) as a schema therapist.

Main areas of expertise are

• treatment of perinatal (around the time of childbirth) or related mental health difficulties: psychological background of conception difficulties, chronic stress caused by assisted reproduction, anxiety during pregnancy, depression, perinatal grief, birth trauma, postpartum depression (PPD), anxiety, perinatal period of mothers living with mental illness or taking medication
• perinatal small groups (stress management group, PPD group)
• ‘post-traumatic stress’ disorder (PTSD, complex PTSD)
• anxiety disorders, phobias
• mood disorders
• personality disorders
  
  

‘I deal with a wide range of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic issues. My approach to psychiatry is therapy- and relationship-oriented, together with the patient, we select and develop the most appropriate treatment. I use medication as needed, as an aid, tailored to the individual problem.

My psychotherapeutic approach is trauma-focused, significantly influenced by the knowledge I have gained from various method-specific therapy trainings (schema therapy, EMDR).

I am passionate about dealing with the emotional issues related to childbearing. As a young intern and later as a specialist at Szent János Hospital, I was involved in helping mothers there with mental health problems. I experienced in practice how much a family can be helped with the right attitude and knowledge. Later, I experienced in my own life the seismic power and personality-forming nature of the perinatal period, but also the difficulties and dangers of traumatisation. Combining my knowledge as a perinatal consultant with my work as a medical specialist, I help the women and families who come to me.’