Emőke Bagdy
Emőke Bagdy (; born 18 August 1941) is a Hungarian clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, professor emerita at the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (KRE), and former director of the National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology. Her research, books, papers and talks focus on psychotherapy, health psychology and foundational problems of clinical psychology and clinical supervision. Biography and career. She was born on 18 August 1941 in Tiszafüred, Hungary. She took M.A. degree in Psychology in 1968 at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. From 1968 until 2001, she acted as the director of the  National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology. In 1982, she was awarded He took candidate (C.Sc.) degree in Psychology. In 1995, she habilitated at the Lajos Kossuth University and then she received the title of university (full) professor at the Imre Haynal Medical University in 1996. Her working papers were issued in prestigious professional research scientific journals, and several books and numerous scientific articles were published. Her main fields of interest are in the personality development methods in the context of education and professional socialization, mental health education and counselling, test application in clinical psychology and effectiveness of psychotherapy. Family. Her  father, István Bagdy was a pastor of the Reformed Church in Hungary. Her mother was Julianna Fóris. In 1961 she married Gyula Császár, who worked as a psychiatrist, and she gave birth to twins, a daughter named Noémi Császár-Nagy and a son named Zsolt Császár in 1969.