Expat
Counseling
&
Therapy

ABOUT

Welcome to the Expat Counseling and Therapy Amsterdam office. The first step toward feeling better is exactly what you're doing right now: contemplating making a change.

There’s obviously good reason for your visit here: as an expat in a foreign culture there are so many challenges: a new culture, a new language, a new job just to name the bare minimum. Any one of these can cause a fair amount of stress but all of them together can be life altering and not always in a positive way. 

When your levels of overwhelm become inescapable, you might find yourself struggling with daily activities, setting goals, feeling isolated and alone. 

When I work with you, my primary focus is to make therapeutic space for each issue in session. My approach is a collaborative one: first to identify what areas in your life may need attention, and then to find our way through together. 

In my experience as psychotherapist and licensed clinical social worker, so many of the pivotal moments we struggle through in our lives can be nearly impossible to navigate without help. And the need for insight-oriented, depth and solution-focused as well as cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy has never been higher. My particular style is often a composite of many different therapeutic modalities, what is known as the eclectic approach.

In my Amsterdam Office, I offer individual therapy around such areas as: attachment issues in relationship, family-of-origin traumas, divorce, separation, sexuality and gender, work-life balance as well as coping with grief and loss. 

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My style is relational and interactive; I don't only sit back and listen. We will engage in a therapeutic conversation that moves us gently through any stuck places that we may discover.

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Susan