For those who live between two places
Psychotherapy in English, by video call, for people building a life far from where they grew up. In London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney and Melbourne, and wherever else life has taken you.
A quiet place where you do not have to translate yourself first.
Twenty minutes by video: free, confidential and without commitment. Or write to me privately.
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Is therapy for you?
“The man who abdicates himself to fit into the world ends up a stranger everywhere.”
Moving countries asks you to adapt, and most people who live abroad become very good at it. The accent softens, the jokes change, you learn which parts of yourself travel well and which are better left at home.
The cost is quiet. At some point you notice you are no longer quite from there, and not yet from here. You have adapted so well that you have lost track of who is doing the adapting. This is what I call being a stranger everywhere, and it is the thread I follow with the people I see.
The thinkers behind this way of working
Maurice Merleau-PontyPhenomenology of Perception, 1945“The world is not what I think, but what I live through.”
Viktor E. FranklMan’s Search for Meaning, 1946“The last of the human freedoms: to choose one’s attitude.”
Rollo MayThe Meaning of Anxiety, 1950“The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it is conformity.”- Irvin D. YalomExistential Psychotherapy, 1980“It is the relationship that heals.”
- Emmy van DeurzenExistential Counselling & Psychotherapy in Practice, 1988
Photo of Maurice Merleau-Ponty via philosophical-investigations.org, adapted (cropped), CC BY 3.0. Photo of Viktor E. Frankl by Prof. Dr. Franz Vesely, adapted (cropped, black and white), CC BY-SA 3.0 DE. Photo of Rollo May: public domain. Both via Wikimedia Commons.
People whose lives look settled from the outside
- Professionals posted abroad, carrying a demanding role in a culture that is not their own.
- Partners who moved for someone else’s career, and are still looking for a place of their own.
- Founders and people building something far from the family and friends who knew them first.
- People on their second or third country, for whom “home” has become a complicated word.
- Couples abroad, for whom the relationship has quietly become the whole support network.
The tiredness nobody names
From the outside it looks like an adventure, or a success. From the inside, you spend the day functioning in a language that is not quite yours: competent at work, a beginner at ordinary life.
The people who know you best are asleep when you need them. Weddings, birthdays and funerals happen without you. Your parents are getting older on a screen. And there is often a guilt that goes both ways: for having left, and for not being happier where you are.
None of this means you made the wrong choice. It is what it costs to live between two places, and it deserves to be said out loud.
A discreet therapeutic experience
My practice is designed for professionals, founders, creatives and people in demanding or public-facing roles who want a thoughtful, private space to think about their own lives. It is for those who value depth over quick answers, and want to take that work seriously.
Therapy here is not about receiving advice or following a programme. It is a reflective conversation, built together, in which you come to understand yourself and what you are living through in your own terms and at your own pace.
Private sessions, wherever you are
By video call from home, the office or a hotel room, in English, Portuguese, French or Spanish, at a time already converted to your time zone.
Depth before technique
A phenomenological-existential approach that looks beyond the symptom to the life around it. No formulas, no homework, no ready-made labels.
Shaped around demanding lives
For people carrying pressure, responsibility, travel and life between countries, with a rhythm that adapts to all of it.
Confidential and personal
You pay privately: no insurer, employer or doctor is involved. Everything you say is protected by professional confidentiality, in a calm space without judgement.
Complete discretion
Discretion is not a feature of this practice. It is the condition for it.
- What you say stays between us. It is protected by strict professional confidentiality.
- No one else is involved. You pay privately. No insurer, employer, doctor or family member is informed, and I never contact anyone about you without your written consent.
- Your name is never used. I do not share who I work with, and no client ever appears in testimonials, case studies or marketing.
- Contact on your terms. Your messages are read only by me, and I reply only through the channel you choose.
The only exceptions are those set by law and professional ethics, such as a serious risk to someone’s life. I explain them openly in our first conversation.
I see a limited number of people each week
So that each person has my full attention, I keep my practice small, and I answer every request myself. If I do not have a time that suits your time zone, I will tell you honestly.
Gently, and at your pace
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An introductory conversation
Twenty minutes by video: free, confidential and without obligation. You tell me a little about what brings you, I tell you how I work, and we see whether it feels right. No commitment on either side.
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A first session
Forty-five minutes. The fee is 54 euros per session, paid by card when you book, from any country.
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A rhythm of your own
Usually weekly, adjusted around travel, visits home and time differences.
Above all, I believe good therapy rests on a relationship of trust and respect, built together. The introductory conversation is where that begins.
When the relationship carries everything
Often one partner moved for the other’s job, studies or dream. Far from family and old friends, the couple becomes each other’s entire world, and the relationship ends up carrying a weight it was never meant to carry alone.
Couples sessions offer a space where neither of you has to be right. Both of you, by video call, in the same room or each from wherever you are. Fifty minutes, 80 US dollars.
Some things I have written
Taking the first step
Reaching out is not a sign that something is wrong with you. It is a sign that you take your own life seriously enough to look at it closely.
If you would like to know more, or to arrange a time, request an introductory conversation or write to me. Every message is read by me alone and answered personally.
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