“I have an amazing life, but I’m miserable.

“My partner and I fight all the time.”

“I feel isolated and disconnected.”

“This culture is driving me crazy!”

Expat life is an ampersand life.  It is rich and exciting & it is challenging and exhausting.  Transitions can help you define what’s most important to you & they create stress.  A new culture can broaden your mind and provide new perspectives & culture shock is real and creates daily frustration.  Living abroad can provide novel experiences to build your partnership & it can create new conflicts and issues.  Trailing spouses in particular, have high rates of depression and anxiety.  Parenting abroad brings its own unique challenges. 

If you’re struggling abroad you aren’t alone!

  • Expats experience 2.5 x higher rates of mental illness than the general population.”

  • 40% of expat break their assignments because of an unhappy “trailing spouse.”

  • Rates of substance abuse are higher.

  • Rates of divorce are higher.

There is so much hope!  Expats tend to be highly capable, bright, adventurous individuals who are good at problem solving.  One of the frustrations expats often encounter is that they can usually just “push through” problems, but mental illness and related issues don’t just go away.  Many expats need a little outside consultation and counseling to navigate some of the unique challenges of this life.  There are evidence based approaches to help, and there are researched-based protective factors you can create for yourself and your family moving forward.

Here at Momentum, we have clinicians who are expats, who have been expats, and who are trained to work with expats.  We get it and we know how to help you feel better and get back to thriving.  Together we can work to overcome:

  • Adjustment Issues

  • Anxiety

  • Couples Counseling

  • Culture Shock

  • Depression

  • Finding Your Purpose

  • Grief Work

  • Identity

  • Panic Attacks

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

  • Repatriation

  • Self-Concept Work

  • Transition

Please reach out for a free 15-minute consultation with one of our clinicians who specialize in this area.