Category: Cultural Adjustment
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Lonely in Relationship with an Emotionally Unavailable Partner
Moving to a new country to be with your overseas-born partner can be an adventure. But it’s not always possible to foresee the difficulties and challenges ahead. Feeling lonely in relationship with an emotionally unavailable partner often creates a sense of neglect, particularly when dealing with the stress of unfamiliar culture. You might start feeling…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…