Expat Counselling in Amersham & Online
Struggling with identity, belonging or adjustment after moving abroad?
You’re not alone — and you don’t have to navigate it by yourself.
Living abroad, whether temporary or long-term, brings a unique mix of opportunity and challenge. Sometimes the adventure and freedom feel liberating. Other times it can stir feelings of disconnection, loss of identity, loneliness or internal conflict. If you’re experiencing stress, uncertainty or emotional turbulence as an expat, compassionate counselling can help you find grounding, clarity and purpose.
Why expat counselling matters
When you’re far from what you once knew, even the simple things can feel strange or heavy – new neighbourhoods, new social rhythms, new norms. And you may not always feel entitled to admit that you’re overwhelmed, or that you miss the old you, or that you are changing. What gets overlooked is that you’re not just relocating your address: you’re relocating your experience of identity, belonging and meaning.
This process deserves attention. It deserves a space where you are met fully, without judgement, where your story isn’t ‘just’ relocation or ‘just’ culture shock, but you: the person moving, adjusting, unsettled, hopeful, uncertain, curious.
- Identity & Belonging: Living in a new country can shift how you see yourself and how comfortable you feel in your own skin. Expat counselling provides a safe space to explore cultural identity, values and belonging.
- Transition & Adjustment Stress: Moving countries or living abroad may bring practical and emotional challenges, from homesickness and grief to cultural differences and a sense of rootlessness. Talking it out can help you process and adapt.
- Relationships & Support Networks: Expat life can impact friendships, family ties and support networks. Counselling can help you navigate relationships, communication and reconnection in your new context or across borders.
- Healing & Growth: Through a gentle, person-centred therapeutic approach, you can work through past experiences, re-assess beliefs and re-discover your inner strength.
My approach to expat counselling
I offer a warm, welcoming, non-judgemental therapy space based in Amersham (Buckinghamshire), and I also provide online therapy sessions, making support accessible whether you are local, living elsewhere in the UK or abroad.
Using a person-centred framework, I believe you are the expert on your life. My role is to provide a safe, compassionate environment where your experiences, feelings and identity are honoured. Together, we’ll explore what feels unsettled, lost, or confused and uncover what you deeply value, what’s meaningful to you, and how you want your life to feel.
Whether you’re reconnecting to yourself after an international move, navigating a cultural transition, or simply longing for clarity and inner stability, I’m here to help you feel grounded, heard and supported.
Is this for you?
If you’ve moved country (or are planning to), or you’re living abroad and sense that the shift is more than just getting used to new routines, then yes, this could be for you. The invitation here is deeper: to explore your inner world alongside your outward world, to meet your experience with curiosity, and to reconnect with a sense of self that maybe got stretched or hidden by the move.
My expat counselling work is especially suited to people who are:
- Navigating life after an international move or long-term travel
- Experiencing identity confusion or feeling disconnected from their roots
- Struggling with loneliness, homesickness or cultural adjustment stress
- Rebuilding their life in the UK (or another country) and seeking clarity, purpose and belonging
- Looking for understanding, self-compassion and inner resilience through gentle, person-centred therapy
Whether you’re newly arrived or have been overseas for years, whether you came with excitement or you came with duty, whether you’re doing well on the surface or feel you’re just holding on, you matter, and your story matters.
If you’re ready to find that space, I’d be glad to hear from you.
Let’s connect
If you’re feeling unsettled, disconnected or overwhelmed by life changes after moving abroad, you don’t have to face it alone. I’m here to accompany you on the path back to yourself. Reach out for our free introductory conversation – and we’ll see together how best to support you as you settle, grow and become more fully you.