Psychological Transition Support
for the Globally Mobile

For Expatriates & their Partners

For Third Culture Kids (TCKs)
For Multiculturals

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BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER YOUR RELOCATION

You are an expatriate, employee of an embassy, businessman, humanitarian worker, missionary etc. or you follows your family abroad?

Whether you have chosen to move, were sent on an international assignment or accompany your partner or parents, moving to a foreign country can be a confusing and sometimes deeply unsettling experience.

I know what it feels like to need orientation and support. I have been there myself. This is why I assist global nomads and multicultural individuals in their exciting and sometimes stressful life.

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MORE THAN 30 YEARS FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE OF LIVING & RAISING CHILDREN ABROAD.

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When I made the decision to move for the first time, I had already been living and working “between countries” for years.  So, I believed I was well prepared for the upcoming change when I decided to quit my job to live abroad. How very wrong I was !
 

​TRAVELING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AND WORKING THERE FOR A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME HAS LITTLE, IF ANYTHING TO DO WITH MOVING PERMANENTLY ABROAD.
 

I remember well how exhausting and sometimes overwhelming it was to move to another culture and also how lonely, sad and powerless we may feel when our support network is no longer available to help us cope and figure out how life works in this unknown environment. Even simple tasks suddenly become complicated, stressful and frustrating.

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My studies and personal experience of being a migrant for 30 years have taught me much about human behaviour. It is a pleasure to now pass this knowledge on and to support others during their years abroad.
 

EACH FAMILY MEMBER EXPERIENCES MOVING ABROAD IN A UNIQUE WAY.
 

I therefore offer tailor-made services for employees, trailing partners, children and young adults as well as other multicultural individuals.
 

Counselling and coaching helps to make your transition so much easier and more fun.

Clients frequently ask for support with:
 

• Navigating a host culture in a foreign language

• Managing high mobility lifestyle and global nomadism

• Overcoming obstacles, stress and personal challenges abroad

• Achieving personal goals and restoring well-being

• Coping with all sorts of migration-related issues including:
  Culture shock, confusion, loneliness, feelings of depression, guilt

• Challenge of raising multicultural children:
  Bilinguism, cross-cultural differences in parenting & education, career options, transition to overseas schools/universities etc.

• Support for (Adult) Third Culture Kids (TCKs/ATCKs) & other Multiculturals including:
  Multiple migrations, identity, belonging and home, restlessness, loneliness, grief, anger, relationships, transition to boarding schools, academic issues, discrimination/racism

• (Re-)integrating into passport culture

• Communication with healthcare professionals and patients from a different cultural background
   

I guide my clients every step of the way in London, Doha, and worldwide.

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Qualifications & Experience

• Doctorate "Impression Formation and Social Judgment in an Intercultural Context"
  (University Osnabrück/Germany)

• "Intercultural Trainer" (University Jena/Germany)

• Lecturer at workshops on “Growing Up and Living in Different Cultures” to mental health professionals at the annual meeting of psychotherapists (Lindau, Germany)

• Workshops on culture/migration-related topics at "Doctors of the World", "Caritas", "Bavarian Refugee Council", "Cafe 104 - Support for Undocumented Migrants" (Munich, Germany)

• Longstanding work experience as transcultural integrative mental health counsellor/therapist

• "Professional Medical Interpreter" English, German and French (Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar)
   

Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, elementary Modern Standard Arabic.

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Schedule an appointment today and see what I can do for you and your well-being.