Expats and mental health: YOUR questions answered
A dilemma all expats have to face at some time: saying goodbye
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Couples Counselling
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Health
Expats and mental health: The ‘Second Day Blues’
- by Rebecca Martin
- 17 Sep 2013
This week, Lysanne Sizoo explores why many couples experience the ‘second day blues’, when one half returns weary from a trip abroad only to be faced with disgruntled grumbles and a list of chores. My father was naval officer and my mother a very independent and self-sufficient naval officer’s wife. She told me, “When your […]
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Couples Counselling
Expat Support
General Counselling
Parenting
Expats and mental health: Stuck in Sweden?
- by Rebecca Martin
- 3 Sep 2013
Lysanne Sizoo on the pain of international partners torn between love for their children and troubles in their relationship.
Community
Expat Support
General Counselling
Expats and mental health: Finding the fun in failure
- by Rebecca Martin
- 9 Jul 2013
YLC mental health expert Lysanne Sizoo looks at the topic of failure; the fear of which looms large in every expat’s life.
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Expat Support
Swedish Culture
The YLC top 5 ways of getting ’round Jante-lagen
- by Amy
- 4 Jul 2013
Ever felt like the odd one out – and that it is not appreciated? Then chances are you’ve been ‘Janted’.
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General Counselling
Expats and mental health: YOUR questions answered
- by Rebecca Martin
- 25 Jun 2013
Read the articles and find you have questions of your own? Why not drop us a line?
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General Counselling
Old age and Abroad: Dealing with parents ‘back home’
- by Rebecca Martin
- 11 Jun 2013
Lysanne Sizoo looks at the feelings of guilt that follow from parental expectations and our own life choices.
Community
Expat Support
General Counselling
And then it’s time to move on again: the expat cycle
- by Rebecca Martin
- 28 May 2013
Few expats know in advance how long they will stay, as extensions are not unusual, nor are sudden changes of plan.
Expat Support
Family
Parenting
Parenting in a foreign land – Part 2
- by YLC Stockholm
- 14 May 2013
Lysanne Sizoo looks at multilingualism, schools and some typical character traits of so-called Third Culture Kids (TCKs)
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General Counselling
Alone, Abroad: Dealing with Loneliness
- by YLC Stockholm
- 30 Apr 2013
Many expats experience a period of loneliness and isolation when they settle in a new country. In this article, Lysanne Sizoo, our mental health expert, looks at three underlying reasons for loneliness and the ways in which we can break out of the isolation. In this article, I will be describing three kinds of loneliness […]