Moving abroad can deeply impact relationships both at home and in your new country. While distance may make the heart grow fonder, it also can cause struggles with connection, misunderstandings, and grief for how life once was. Life goes on for your friends and family at home which can cause feelings of guilt, loneliness, and grief. Perhaps you moved with your partner or closed the distance and are now facing new challenges as a couple. Maybe you're feeling unseen or misunderstood due to cultural and language barriers in your intimate relationships?
Explore your relationship difficulties in counselling with a therapist who understands the grief and struggle of having friends and family in other countries as well as experience being in multi-cultural relationships. Together, we can explore your feelings related to relational challenges. We learn about relationships and connection from our families of origin, so perhaps we might find links between your feelings in the current day and your upbringing. Through our therapeutic relationship, you will find gentle support and empathy that can be transformative.Â