Our Team
Mara Czegel, PhD
Specialties: Anxiety, Trauma, Personality Disorders, Couples Therapy, OCD, Somatic Therapy, ADHD, Internal Family Systems
Before founding August, Mara built and scaled Ember Psychotherapy Collective, a boutique mental health practice based in the US. Since relocating abroad, she has become passionate about developing accessible, high-quality mental health care for people - no matter where in the world they live.
Her therapy work is grounded in academia and research: Prior to becoming a therapist, Mara spent over a decade as a researcher at Harvard Medical School, the University of Pennsylvania in the US, and as a Fulbright Scholar in Budapest, Hungary where she studied psychotherapeutic interventions for anxiety and borderline personality disorder.
At August, Mara blends scientific rigor with lived empathy - building a therapeutic space that’s globally minded, deeply informed, and emotionally attuned.
Emma Naszvadi, MA
Specialties: ADHD, Anxiety, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness, Couples Therapy, Grief, Multicultural Identity, Relationships, OCD, Sexual Intimacy, Stress, Burnout, Trauma
Emma is a clinical psychologist with ten years of experience working in the mental health field, including clinical settings: hospitals (psychiatry, maternity ward, ICU), outpatient clinics, and private practice. Her therapeutic approach integrates schema therapy, attachment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and psychodynamic methods.
Emma empowers her clients to gain insights into their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors so that they can make meaningful changes in their lives. The healing journey can be challenging, but she is committed to creating a safe, non-judgmental, supportive space for my clients to explore, learn, and grow.
As a therapist who grew up abroad, Emma prides herself in her open, cross-cultural perspective that allows her to deepen her understanding of the challenges people from diverse backgrounds face every day.
Dania Fawaz, MA, ATR, LGPC
Specialties: Anxiety, Kids + Teens, Third Culture Kids, Grief, Life Transitions, Parenting, Relationship Issues, Self-Esteem, Stress, Trauma, Expats, Multicultural Therapy, Postpartum
Dania is a psychotherapist and art therapist working across the lifespan with children, adolescents, adults, and families. She offers a warm, collaborative, and culturally responsive space where clients can explore their experiences with curiosity, creativity, and compassion.
Her approach is grounded in psychodynamic and attachment-based therapy. She helps clients understand the deeper emotional and relational patterns that shape how they experience themselves, others, and the world around them. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, life transitions, or identity concerns, Dania believes that understanding where our struggles come from allows us to recognize them as they unfold in the present, and that awareness creates the opportunity for meaningful change.
She views symptoms and long-standing patterns as adaptive responses that once served an important purpose, even if they now feel limiting. Together, therapy becomes a process of disentangling the past from the present, making sense of these patterns with compassion, and creating more intentional ways of relating to yourself and others.
Dania is trained in the Instinctual Trauma Response (ITR) model for processing traumatic memory and integrates talk therapy with art therapy, mindfulness, expressive, and somatic approaches to meet each client’s unique needs.
Working with adults, kids, and teens informs Dania’s developmental lens, allowing her to see how patterns emerge, adapt, and evolve over time. Whether supporting a child, an adolescent, an adult, or a family, she believes therapy is most meaningful when it honors each person’s unique history while creating space for new ways of relating to oneself and to others.
Judit Minda, MA
Specialties: Motherhood & Career, Career Coaching for Women, Postpartum & Career Transitions, Returning to Work After Maternity Leave, Working Mother Burnout, Leadership Confidence, First-Time Managers, New Leaders, Women's Leadership, Career Clarity
With 10+ years of experience at Procter & Gamble, Judit has built her career in an international corporate environment, including as a Brand Director leading a multifunctional team across Europe. She knows firsthand what it takes to grow a career, lead others, and navigate high-performance environments.
As a mother of two young children, she also knows the reality of balancing professional ambitions with the demands and transitions of motherhood.
Judit has lived in France, Hungary, and more. She has traveled throughout the whole world, and familiar with what it is like to be a mom in expat lives.
Judit works with clients around:
Motherhood & Career — returning to work, redefining priorities, and finding a way to grow professionally without losing yourself along the way.
Leadership — stepping into greater responsibility, leading teams, navigating difficult conversations, and building confidence as a leader.
Life Transitions — gaining clarity when you feel stuck, facing important decisions, and finding a path that feels truly yours
