21 Nov 2024
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Community General Counselling

Alone, Abroad: Dealing with Loneliness

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

Community Couples Counselling Expat Support Family

‘Two’s Company…’: Handling your in-laws

Dealing with the in-laws can be confusing and confounding and the cause of many arguments around the dinner table. In part 2 of her ‘Love in a Foreign Land’ articles, Lysanne Sizoo explores three ways in which you can help

Essentials Expat Support Health

Healthcare in Sweden

Healthcare in Sweden is comprehensive and affordable, but may operate very differently from your home country. Lysanne Sizoo provides the YLC guide to visiting a doctor in Sweden. You may also like Children’s Healthcare in Sweden Emergency Contact Information List

Community Expat Support Finding a Job General Counselling Work & Money

Transition as opportunity: your dream job abroad

Job searching is hard and can be demoralising. The longer people search, the more their self-confidence is dented. Add to that a foreign language and a foreign culture and the challenge is complete. YLC’s mental health expert Lysanne Sizoo suggests

Community Expat Support General Counselling

Homesick or Heresick: Dealing with being away

In this article, Lysanne looks at the issue of homesickness and the fact that it may be a sign that your internal adjustment mechanism is suffering from overload. It is not so much about missing the home we chose to

Community Couples Counselling Expat Support

For better or worse: Love in a foreign land – Part 1

In the first of a series of articles on love in Sweden, Lysanne Sizoopsychotherapist UKCP reg., considers the issues faced by expats when either one or both halves of a couple are in a foreign country. Part 1: At home

Community Expat Support

Mental health support in Stockholm

Are you feeling blue? Adjusting to a new culture is not always easy and finding help in English can be hard. We spoke to some wonderful people and places that provide counselling support here in Stockholm.