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Category: Cultural Adjustment

  • Swedish Culture Shock: 5 Practical Ways to Deal with Stress

    Swedish Culture Shock: 5 Practical Ways to Deal with Stress

    Providing counselling services for expats in Stockholm, I’m often helping my clients to manage and find ways to relieve stress. This stress might be related to cultural factors including the difficulty many report in making friends with Swedes or it could be to do with a close relationship or marriage. It can be associated with…

  • Counselling for LGBT People in Stockholm: 5 Reasons to Choose a Gay Therapist

    Counselling for LGBT People in Stockholm: 5 Reasons to Choose a Gay Therapist

    When expats move to their new country, it can be an opportunity to make a new start. Sweden, with its relatively inclusive attitudes to lesbians and gay men, would seem like a natural choice for gay expats hoping to live their identity more openly. But coming out is often more of an ongoing process than…

  • Couples Counselling and Marriage Therapy in Stockholm

    Couples Counselling and Marriage Therapy in Stockholm

    Looking to Find a Relationship Therapist Who Speaks English? As an English speaking therapist in Stockholm I meet regularly with couples who are struggling with aspects of their relationship. For expats, the stress of relocation and dealing with cultural and climatic differences does put pressure on relationships. Many who consult me have decided to live…

  • Adjustment to Life in Sweden and Therapy in English

    Adjustment to Life in Sweden and Therapy in English

    For most expats, relocating to Sweden means adjusting to a different culture. Reactions associated with the stress, uncertainty and the upheaval of relocation to another culture are very common for those from English speaking countries. These reactions can include experiences of anxiety, withdrawal, low mood, depression and other mental health difficulties. In my therapeutic work…