Noémi Orvos-Tóth

Noémi Orvos-Tóth (born 1971) is a Hungarian clinical psychologist. She is the founder of the Institute of Transgenerational Trauma, and the author of Inherited Fate, a book about collective historical trauma and transgenerational trauma.

Life and career Orvos-Toth was born in Hungary in 1971, and moved to Germany with her family in 1987, spending a year in a refugee camp. She returned to Hungary in 1990.

Orvos-Toth graduated in psychology at Eötvös Lóránd University in Budapest and then in clinical psychology at the University of Debrecen. In 2024, Orvos-Toth appeared on Hrvatska Radiotelevizija in Croatia where she gave an interview and a new book Inherited Fate. The appearance was part of a longer promotion in the country which saw her cover the topic of transgenerational trauma. During the interview, she explained her personal fear of losing her daughter when she was a newborn; Orvos-Toth was then able to trace this fear back to her ancestors who had also lost children. The book Inherited Fate became a best-seller in Hungary, selling 300,000 copies by early 2024. Orvos-Toth is also the co-host of podcast ‘We Need to Talk!’.