International Therapist Directory

Elisabetta Bettasso-Escobar, M.A., M.Ed
Location: Rome, Italy
Phone: (+39) 338 710 4752 Italy, or 703 241 1388 US but Rings in Rome
Email: jojoinoak@gmail.com
Website: The Ohana Counseling Center
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English,  Some Italian
Religious Affiliation: none
Clinical Specialties: Substance Abuse and other Addictive Disorders.  Kids & Teens. Anxiety Disorders and Learning Disabilities. Individual, Family, Couples and Group Work. All Ages. I am an interventionist for www.lovefirst.net and I have worked in hospitals, schools, universities and alcohol & other drug treatment programs, both in and out patient.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived in Russia, Argentina and Prague as well as Wash. DC, NYC and San Francisco where I worked with diverse populations on a variety of issues such as Grief Counseling, a Suicide Hotline and a Family Planning Clinic. I received my Masters of Education in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University in 1994 and a Masters of Arts Degree in Guidance & Counseling from Eastern Michigan University in 1984. I am also enrolled in the International Counseling Certificate Program at Lehigh University. I have a Clinical Supervisor who has earned his Ph.D in Clinical Psychology in the US but practices in Rome.

Dr. Rose Marie Delbert – Psychologist, Psychotherapist
Location: Imola (BO), Italy
Phone: (+39) 335 5950755
Email: delbert@virgilio.it
Website: —
Nationality: USA & Italian
Languages Spoken: English, Italian
Religious Affiliation: none
Clinical Specialties: Psychotherapy and Counseling: Individual, Family and Couples. Adults and Adolescents. I earned my Degree in Psychology at the University of Padua (1990) and specialized in Systems-Relations and Narrative Therapy at ISCRA in Modena (1995). I also taught in the same program for various years. My early experiences were in Social Services and I’ve been in Private Practice since 1997. [I am a certified Psychologist and Therapist, according to Italian Law, registered in the Albo degli Psicologi Italiani dell'Emilia Romagna.]
Cross-Cultural Experience: I was born in New Jersey, USA and moved to Bologna, Italy as a child: all of my extended family lives currently in the US, my personal & family network is mostly Italian. Along with my experience with English speaking clients, I have also been requested as translator for textbooks and seminars. I am supervisor for a cross-cultural team managing a group home for immigrant adolescents.

Philip Georgiou, Psychotherapist & Counselor (UKCP/MBACP/CCPC)
Location: Centro Di Psicoterapia, Rome, Italy
Phone: +39 349 149 3548
Email: phil@philgeorgiou.com
Website: www.philgeorgiou.com
Nationality: English
Languages Spoken: English & Italian
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialities: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING. I am fully accredited by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and hold the Italian Counseling accreditation CCPC® awarded by AssoCounseling. I have considerable experience of working in private practice and also in a consultative capacity in business, both in the commercial and not-for-profit sector. I People come for a variety of reasons; these include: depression, trauma, anxiety, career issues, sexuality, relationship issues, sexual difficulties, physical/sexual abuse, alcohol/drug use, bereavement, loss of meaning in life, and many others. Counseling and psychotherapy can help to improve the quality of your life, through providing a safe, confidential space to explore areas of difficulty, and focus on necessary changes. In addition to my private practice with individuals and couples, I also provide a range of training and consultancy initiatives to employees and managers in organisations, addressing areas such as resilience, psychological first aid, wellbeing, stress management, mediation. Furthermore, I work with directors, faculty, students and parents in universities and international schools across Italy providing regular and ad-hoc interventions around issues such as Parenting, Communication, Bullying, Alcohol/Drugs Awareness and Cultural Diversity. I am experienced at working with people who would like to address alcohol and drug use through counseling, as long as it is deemed clinically sound to do so at assessment. I am happy to support those who wish to work towards abstinence as well as those seeking to reduce the harm caused by using substances more responsibly.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived and worked in England, Israel, Egypt, Greece and Germany and have now settled in Rome, Italy. I work in both English and Italian, seeing clients from all over the world. Having lived abroad extensively and coming from a mixed cultural background myself I have a ‘lived understanding’ of the joys and difficulties of ‘convivenza’, which in Italian means ‘to live together’. For further information about me and my work, please don’t hesitate to contact me for a preliminary discussion or visit my website www.philgeorgiou.com.

Piergiulio Poli, MSc. Professional Counselor (EAC standards)
Location: Turin, Italy
Phone: +(39)3276640527
Email: io@cambiodentro.it
Website: www.cambiodentro.it
Nationality: Italian
Languages Spoken: Italian, English, Spanish
Religious Affiliation: None
Clinical Specialties: Counseling, career counseling, change management, bereavement, gestalt counseling. Stress management. Academic research in the field of career development in the global labour market.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I lived several years in an english speaking country (Ireland), travelling extensively, working and living in an international context. Community worker carrying out counseling sessions with members of the  Peruvian, Romanian and Brazilian communities in Turin. I belong to a network of English speaking mental health specialists.

Natalia Sarro, Psychologist, Expat Coach and Intercultural Trainer
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Phone: From Arg: + 54 11 15 4536 6395; From overseas: + 54 9 11 4536 6395; Skype id: nataliasarro; (online and face-to-face services)
Email: natalia_sarro@yahoo.com.ar
Website: www.nomadasglobales.blogspot.com
Nationality: Argentinian & Italian
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English and German
Religious Affiliation: No specific affiliation; accepting of all religions
Clinical specialties: Transition Psychotherapy and career & life coaching  (online and face- to-face) for expatriates, repatriates, adult TCKs, accompanying spouses, international professionals/ students and people in preparation for an assignment abroad.  Contact me if you are coping with loss, anxiety, homesickness or frustration related to your international relocation (cross cultural adjustment, identity loss across cultures, career transition, mixed-nationalities couples problems, parenting, among others.)
Cross-Cultural Experience: I was born in Argentina (Italian family background). I lived and worked in Germany and New Zealand and traveled extensively throughout dozens of country in Europe, Southeast Asia and Africa.  As an experienced Psychologist, Expat Coach and Intercultural Trainer, my passion is to help individuals in global transition to achieve a successful adjustment and maintain a personal and professional identity while facing the multiple challenges of living abroad.  In my private practice, I work as a Psychotherapist and Expat Coach with English and Spanish-speaking adolescents and adults who struggle with difficulties related to international living.  As a Free Lance Intercultural Trainer & Consultant, I deliver cultural adjustment workshops in Argentina and LATAM for executive expatriates, multicultural workteams, families in global transition (trailing spouses and TCKs) and international students.

Vickie Andrews, MS, Master in Clinical and Health Psychology
Location: Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 91 700 1979
Email: vandrews@sinews.es
Website: www.sinews.es
Nationality:
Languages Spoken: English and Spanish
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Vickie Andrews has international training and experience in clinical psychology using a cognitive-behavioral focus in individual, group and couple’s therapy. Her clinical experience covers a wide variety of pathologies, from eating disorders to anxiety and mood disorders. Her main areas of interest include the difficulties of cultural adaptation, couple’s therapy and help with relationships or intimacy issues, psychological problems facing women, and working with young adults at the university age. At present, she combines her private practice at Sinews with her job as a therapist to the student body at Saint Louis University.
Cross-Cultural Experience:

Magdalena Arcia, M.D. Psychotherapist
Location: Seville, Spain
Phone: (34) 691 01 07 96
Email: Dr.M.ArciaPrieto@emotional-stability.name
Website: www.emotional-stability.name
Nationality: USA / Spanish
Languages Spoken: English / Spanish
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Cognitve-behavioral approach with adults, adolescents and children.
Prior to living in Spain, Dr. Arcia, who is Cuban-American, has worked in the United States with in-patient bilingual Spanish / English population in the South Florida area and as Research Clinical Trial Coordinator with the University of Miami, Psychopharmacology Unit. Dr. Arcia has been living in Seville, Spain for many years where she has developed a private practice mostly of English speakers from different countries, mainly from the UK, USA, South Africa and Australia. Her experience covers a wide range of psychiatric, emotional and behavioral disorders; depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, anorexia, bulimia, obesity, addictions, obssessive cumpulsive disorders, as well as common behavioral problems in children and adolescents, such as sepatation anxiety, parent-adolescent estrangement, antisocial behavior, oppositonal disorders, attention deficit, hyperactivity, to name a few. Because of Dr. Arcia´s great interest in the cultural influence in behavior, she makes great enphasis on bi-cultural couple´s therapy where cultural backgrounds have a great impact. Her sessions are individualized but also conduct groups.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Dr. Magdalena Arcia has many years experience as Cross-Cultural Psychology Expert, having worked closely with international students helping their cultural-adaptation process at the University of Seville and Pablo de Olavide University in Seville. She volunteers time with workshops and counseling women in “Pro-Vida” (Pro-life NGO).

Vanessa Nott Bilbao, Psychologist, Master in Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology, Master in Gestalt Therapy
Location: Madrid, Spain
Phone: 693031364
Email: vanessanottbilbao@gmail.com
Website:
Nationality: Spanish
Languages Spoken: English/Spanish
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Autism, problems related to school failure, attention deficit, disruptive behaviour, anxiety, stress, poor social skills, emotional disorders.
Cross-Cultural Experience: After studying 13 years in a British School in Madrid, Vanessa studied her Psychology University Degree in Sussex University, Brighton, UK. After studying her Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology Master based on a cognitive-behavioural approach, she worked as a child therapist in Madrid in a British Nursery School, where she helped parents overcome difficult situations at home. She then volunteered in México working with children, adolescents and families living under poverty circumstances. Once returned to Spain, she continued increasing her experience working with adolescents and families at social risk for several years. She has now finished her three years course on Gestalt therapy, and is working as a clinical psychologist with children, teenagers and adults, either in Spanish or in English, as well as carrying out personal development workshops from a Gestalt approach. Her private practices are located both in Madrid centre and in Majadahonda.

Lidia Budziszewska, Psychologist
Location: Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 91 700 1979
Email: lidiab@sinews.es
Website: www.sinews.es
Nationality: Polish
Languages Spoken: English, Polish and Spanish
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: During her specialization in clinical psychology, she became interested in addictions (chemical and non-chemical), and carried out an intership in a treatment center. Subsequently she expanded her training with a Masters Degree from the Complutense University of Madrid in “Women and Health” where she studied the complexity of relationships, female sexuality and the difficulties inherent in the various stages of a woman’s life (psychological effects of fertility treatments, menopause, empty nest syndrome, etc.). She is studying another Masters degree in “contextual therapy” in the ACT Institute of Madrid. She currently combines her private practice in Sinews with her work as a psychologist in an association that provides support to immigrants.
Cross-Cultural Experience:

Gabriel Fibla, MS, Psychologist
Location: Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 91 700 1979
Email: gfibla@sinews.es
Website: www.sinews.es
Nationality:
Languages Spoken: English, Hebrew and Spanish
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Adult, adolescent and couples therapist specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy.  Gabriel has extensive experience covering a wide range of pathologies, including anxiety disorders (phobias, generalized anxiety, panic attacks…), mood disorders (depression, grief…), couples therapy and conflicts associated with adolescence.
Cross-Cultural Experience: After completing 14 years of bilingual schooling at the Lycée Français de Madrid, Gabriel studied English Literature in Israel where he lived for six years. Once he finished his first degree there, he began his studies in psychology completing his degree at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid.  He then continued his training by doing two Masters degrees aimed at developing his psychotherapeutic techniques and acquiring knowledge in the field of legal psychology.  Since then, his professional career has focused on private practice.  His experience of living abroad, together with his bicultural marriage and his bilingual family make him particularly sensitive to the problems encountered by those persons not living in their country of origin or those that form part of a mixed couple.

Laurie Mazzuca, Ph.D., Child and Adolescent Psychologist
Location: Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 91 700 1979
Email: lmazzuca@sinews.es
Website: www.sinews.es
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Cognitive-behavior therapy for children and adolescents treating ADHD, depression, anxiety, oppositional behavior and conduct problems, school-based behavior problems, trauma, divorce, and other emotional and behavioral difficulties common in childhood, parent-training to improve parent-child interaction, consultation with school personnel to address behavioral and learning problems in the school setting.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have been working with children and families of diverse backgrounds in the United States since 1994.  Prior to moving to Spain, I conducted most of my clinical work in urban cities with ethnic minority families of low socioeconomic status, a great majority of which were immigrant families of Latino and African descent.  In various hospital settings, I also regularly conducted trainings for psychiatrists, psychologists, and pediatricians related to cultural competence and culturally sensitive health care practices.  My clinical research has focused on how cultural differences affect families of different ethnic, religious, and linguistic backgrounds when they attempt to use mental health services for their children.  Currently, I provide mental health services both to an international population of college students at an American university in Madrid, as well as children and families of diverse cultural backgrounds at Sinews MTI.

Macarena Pi Davanzo, Child Psychologist
Location: Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 91 700 1979
Email: mpidavanzo@sinews.es
Website: www.sinews.es
Nationality: Chile
Languages Spoken: English and Spanish
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Child and adolescent psychotherapy.  As a child and adolescent therapist, she is able to interpret emotions expressed through drawings, evaluate the cause of school failure, provide specific guidelines to help kids and parents with bed-wetting, problems with anxiety and depression, or difficulties at school stemming from Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Motivated early on in her career to pass on expertise to families, Macarena has developed psycho-educational workshops on many different topics including early intervention in nursing babies, social and health risks in adolescence, and more.  Macarena understands the difficulties of living between two or more cultures and the adaptation effort this represents for the child and the whole family.  Her therapeutic approach will help us realize this adaptation reducing suffering and increasing our capacity to enrich ourselves through experience.

Anastasia Piatakhina Gire
Location: Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 638 040869
Email: expatstherapy@gmail.com
Website: www.expatstherapy.com
Nationality: Russian, Italian
Languages Spoken: English, French, Italian, Russian
Religious Affiliation: -
Clinical Specialties: Integrative Psychotherapy approach with adults. Especially interested in working with expats, people with multi-cultural background or members of mixed couples. Helping people, whether they are facing the very ordinary but demanding problems of adult life or the extraordinary difficulties of dealing with catastrophic loss, grief, illness and trauma. The areas for which I can offer help are: Pathological bereavement, Coping with injury or illness, Mild depression – reactive, circumstantial, Family relationship issues, General anxieties and phobias, Work related problems, Challenging life changes: birth, death, move of house or relocation, Loss e.g. relationship, employment, health etc, Stress and mild post traumatic stress, Marital/relational difficulties, Self-image and identity issues, Lack of direction, alienation, existential problems, Moving on from substance-dependant lifestyles
Cross-Cultural Experience: I was born in Russia and lived in Italy, France, UK and now Spain. Married to a French National, I have an experience of a multi-cultural family.

Orlanda Varela González, M.D. Ph.D., Psychiatrist
Location: Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 91 700 1979
Email: ovarela@sinews.es
Website: www.sinews.es
Nationality: Spain
Languages Spoken: English and Spanish
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Adult, child and adolescent psychiatry.  Dr. Orlanda Varela practices general psychiatry and has training in a wide range of psychiatric and behavioral disorders. She has experience treating adults, adolescents and children.  Her areas of expertise range from alcohol-related problems (Certificate of specialization from the Autonoma University of Madrid) to Anxiety and Mood  disorders (Certificate from the Universities of  Maastricht, Tel Aviv, Bristol and Florence), as well as Dementia (degree from the University of Amsterdam), Epilepsy and Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder in children. The focus of her professional experience has been private practice.  However, she also works as a Consultant Psychiatrist to Saint Louis University Madrid Campus and to the prison system where her primary responsibilities include the evaluation and prevention of suicide risk.  Dr. Varela also collaborates professionally with the Ministry of Justice as a psychiatric expert.
Cross-Cultural Experience:

Lee Baas, PhD
Location: Free counseling service provided worldwide for missionary community
Phone: U.S.616-844-3360; Skype: leebaas
Email: witsinternational@yahoo.com
Website: www.witsinternational.com
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: Conflict and anger management/ resolution, depression, stress/PTS, cross cultural conflict, MK issues, executive life coach
Cross-Cultural Experience: 20 years missionary in West Africa and 10 in the Philippines. Currently overseas (mostly Asia and Africa) more than 6 months each year.

Roger Day, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Play Therapist (PTUK), Certified Transactional Analyst, PTSTA (Psychotherapy)
Location: Rugby, Warwickshire, Central England (Available for worldwide therapy using Skype or Messenger with webcams. Special interest in supporting people working in Romania and other Eastern European countries.)
Phone: 044 1788 541 937; Mobile: 044 7870 737 652; Skype or Messenger: rogercharlesday
Email: brookcreativetherapy@gmail.com
Website: www.brookcreativetherapy.com; for work in Romania: www.therapyinromania.org.uk
Nationality: Canadian with British Residency
Languages Spoken: English, some Romanian
Religious Affiliation: Committed Christian, and will happily work with people of other faiths or no religious beliefs.
Clinical Specialties: For 20 years I have provided counselling and psychotherapy for adults, couples and families, as well as play therapy and creative therapy with children, my main specialism. I take a creative approach to all my therapeutic work. I work well with anxiety, panic, stress and mild depression. I work with third culture kids aged three to adult. For younger children I use play therapy assisted by my wife Christine, who has a diploma in counselling and who is a specialist in creativity with children. I enjoy working with children who have Asperger’s or mild autism, as well as those with ADHD or who are coming to terms with an illness, disability or the loss of someone special.
Cross-Cultural Experience: My first cross-cultural experience was suddenly uprooting and moving from Canada to the UK when I was nine years old. As a young man I spent three years in voluntary work in India and Nepal. Much more recently my wife Christine and I lived and worked in Romania for four years. There we helped to set up therapy services for children and provided training and supervision for about 1000 therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists. Our move back to the UK in 2010 was another culture shock that took several months to deal with.

Laura Deming, MC, NCC, BCC
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii; Berlin, Germany; Worldwide by phone and Skype
Phone: 808-675-6353 (in USA)
Email: info@hawaiicounselingandcoaching.com
Website: www.internationalcounselingandcoaching.com
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: Native English speaker
Religious Affiliation: No specific affiliation; accepting of all religions
Clinical Specialties: Transition counseling for people who are coping with personal, relationship, and career changes (including relocation and cultural adjustment), TCKs, anxiety disorder treatment, mixed-nationality couples counseling, short-term CBT, career and life coaching, positive psychology.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I grew up as a Third Culture Kid, attending international schools in Singapore, Switzerland, Liberia, and Argentina.  As an adult I continued to live and travel abroad, including working as an international school counselor in Beirut, Lebanon.  I have also lived in Turkey, Vietnam, Sudan, Sweden, France, and Germany.  In my private practice I work extensively with expatriates (teens, adults, and couples) from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Cristina M. Fandino, Ed.D.; M.Ed.; Lic.
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada (& via webcam and telephone)
Phone: (647) 930-8448 (289) 813-1430
Email: cristina.fandino@utoronto.ca
Websites: www.expat-counselling.com; www.cristinafandino.com
Nationality: Canadian-Argentinean
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Cross-cultural & Resettlement
Psychology, Clinical and Intercultural Counselling. My University studies
focused on understanding how relocation, resettlement and mental health issues are
intertwined as well depression in immigrants. I work with adults, individually, with couples and families.  I specialized in culture/ environmental shock, transitions; depression and anxiety; stress, work and family balance; self-esteem and personal growth; separation or divorce.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have relocated from Buenos Aires, Argentina to
Toronto Canada. I travel constantly all over the world to experience first-hand
different cultures. In addition I was the Community Mental Health Consultant of a Community Mental Health Program at the Psychiatric Unit of a Toronto teaching Hospital providing crisis intervention, conducting clinical assessments, pre-admission screenings and counselling exclusively to refugees and immigrants. Working as Global Clinical Supervisor of a Canadian health and productivity EAP company, I have been providing clinical supervision and consultation to mental health professionals all over the world who offer counselling to employees working for Fortune 500 companies and are sent on assignments and relocating worldwide . I have also overseeing an international network of assessors who provide pre-departure preparation and evaluation services as well as repatriation debriefings to employees of international companies. In my private practice provide face to face as well as distant counselling (via Webcam & telephone) to expatriates.

Daniela Fanelli, Certified Clinical Psychologist, Certified Transactional Analysis Psychotherapist
Location: London, England & Worldwide (via the Internet)
Phone: 0044 (0) 7767 238759; Skype: danielafanelli37
Email: fanellidaniela@gmail.com
Website:
Nationality: Italian
Languages Spoken: Italian, English, Arabic
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: I work with individuals, couples and groups dealing with different issues such as: Clinical disorders (anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, Psychosomatic disorders, Psychological Dependencies); Age-related disorders of adolescence and childhood (emotional  and relational difficulties); Issues related to emotional experiences in life (social integration of foreigners) and to the different period of life (old age, loneliness, feelings of abandonment).
Cross-Cultural Experience: My first cross-cultural experience began with my birth in Egypt, where I lived for 12 years with my family. Then I moved to Italy: it was not easy to settle down at the beginning. After my psychological studies, I worked for many years with Refugees and unaccompanied minors helping them in dealing with the challenges and difficulties faced by those living and working abroad. I am living in London now, finding my way in bringing together two different cultures.

Tamara Field, Credentials – BSc (hons) Psychology, Diploma Hypnotherapy, TEFL Certification
Location: Worldwide
Phone:
Email: therapyonline@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.clinicaltherapyonline.com
Nationality: British
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Metaphysics means to go beyond the physical to the mental cause behind it. Healing the emotional cause protects your physical health. I apply powerful methods to unlock and heal past negative issues and events. I specialise in healing child abuse, post traumatic stress disorder, depression, weight problems, emotional problems, addictions, anger, fear, self-esteem and thought managing.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have been lived in South america, Asia and Europe.

Tony Freeman, MBACP MAREBT
Location: London, England & Worldwide via Internet & Phone
Phone: 44 (0)208 343 4869
Email: office@freemancbt.com
Website: www.freemancbt.com/Expat_therapy.html
Nationality: UK
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: I specialise in the treatment of Anxiety and Stress. Including: Panic attacks, Fear of flying, Public speaking, Dental Phobia, Social anxiety or shyness, General anxiety Disorder (GAD).  I also treat Low self esteem, shyness, Stress, Anxiety. Depression, Anger issues, (OCD) Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Phobias, Sexual problems, Relationship issues, Bullying.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I lived for 15 years as an expat, so have direct experience of the challenges faced by those living and working overseas.

Carole Gourmelon-Gauthier, Ph.D., LP
Location: New York, NY, USA & Paris, France & available by phone/internet
Phone: +1 917-488-0596
Email: cg@carole-gauthier.com
Website: www.carole-gauthier.com
Nationality: USA & France
Languages Spoken: English & French
Religious Affiliation: None
Clinical Specialties: Depresssion, anxiety, self esteem issues, search for meaning and purpose, adjustment to life events, expatriation, career transition. Modalities: Gestalt therapy, EMDR, video analysis, coaching
Cross-Cultural Experience: Personal experience of expatriation as a French native who has been living in the USA for 14 years, working with individuals and couples of various origins who have relocated to New York and are facing transition adjustments in their personal life, their relationships as well as in their work environment.

Lusa Hung, Psy.D.
Location: Istanbul, Turkey (and Worldwide via Skype/phone)
Phone: N/A
Email: lusa.hung@gmail.com
Website:
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English, Mandarin Chinese
Religious Affiliation: N/A
Clinical Specialties: treatment of children, adolescents, and adults in group, individual, couples and family counseling formats using CBT and humanistic principles; crisis intervention, short term therapy, and assessments with military and dependent populations; psycho-education, training, and consultation in school settings on how to meet the learning needs of children; areas of expertise include treating autistic spectrum disorders, mental retardation, ADHD, learning issues, adjustment issues, stress management, coping skills development, personality disorders, trauma, relationship issues, cross-cultural issues, mood, and anxiety disorders in a culturally sensitive manner.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have conducted counseling, intake assessments, consulting and Q&A in Mandarin to Chinese parents and adolescents in the US and China.  I worked with local and expatriate families and children in Shanghai. I presented at the 2009 Wuhan Mental Health Summit on how to develop a culture of mental health in China. I have also worked in military settings in Germany. My specialization was in Diversity and how to work with individuals in a culturally sensitive manner. I am a first generation American-Born-Chinese and understand the intergenerational conflicts that often arise due to generational differences and the assimilation process. I spent the first 5 years of my life in Taiwan.

Alyson Jackson, LMSW
Location: New York, NY, USA (also provide phone & Skype sessions)
Phone: 917-753-0230
Email: alyson74@gmail.com
Website:
Nationality: USA/Caucasian
Languages Spoken:
Religious Affiliation: Existential, Humanistic, Agnostic, Atheist
Clinical Specialties: psychotherapy with adults coping with anxiety,
depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, cross-cultural
adjustment issues with specific focus on separation and identity,
relational conflicts with partner and/or family, loss, issues of role
confusion/transition
Cross-Cultural Experience: Father was an MK; experience working with
international students both clinically and as a professor, current
practice comprises a broad range of individuals seeking treatment in
New York or via Skype from Germany, Korea, New Zealand, and France.

Sandra Kimball
Location: Australia and Japan
Phone: 0458 175 962; Skype Name: sandrakimball
Email: sandra@internationalcounselling.com
Website: www.internationalcounselling.com and www.sandrakimball.com.au
Nationality: Australian/American
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: An integrated approach
Clinical Specialties: Please see website; I have a special interest and expertise in inter-cultural couples therapy.
Cross-Cultural Experience: 10 years international counselling experience in Japan.  Practice is now web-based and clients are living in Japan as well as in Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Mariana Larios, UKCP (CIT)
Location: London, England & Worldwide (via the Internet)
Phone: +44 (0)208 123 5917
Email: info@medesthai.com
Website: www.medesthai.com
Nationality: Mexican
Languages Spoken: Spanish and English
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: My work is focused on adults who have been or are expatriates or forced migrants, and with those who identify as dual/mixed heritage.  Often the presenting issues are depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, career changes and other major life changes, and/or trauma, as well as addiction and OCD.
I work in London in three quite different settings: private practice (reflected in my contact information below), a large NHS hospital, and also a smaller refugee clinic.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Mexico, United States and the UK, as well as some in Canada and Kenya.

Martin F. Lynch, Ph.D. (licensed psychologist in New York State, #018972; Nationally Certified Counselor)
Location: Rochester, NY, USA (& available by phone/internet)
Phone: (585) 851 – 8605
Email: drmlynch@gmail.com
Website: www.drmlynch.com
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English, Russian
Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Clinical Specialties: depression; anxiety; life transitions; grief and loss; motivation; adjustment
Cross-Cultural Experience: I lived in Moscow, Russia for two years, and have spent substantial periods of time in other parts of Russia (e.g., a summer in Veliky Novgorod; a summer in Kazan’; a summer in Nizhny Novgorod, for the last two of which I served as site director for the U.S. State Department funded Critical Languages Scholarship program); presented several times at the International Vygotsky Conference in Moscow; served as co-coordinator for the U.S. State Department funded project, Partnership for Children, which assisted orphans in Veliky Novgorod, Russia by creating a system of foster care in that city; served as member of the board of directors of Linkages, the International Sister Cities organization linking Rochester, New York, with Veliky Novgorod, Russia. I also spent five months in Germany, and a summer in France, in connection with study programs. I am open to conducting video-assisted psychotherapy with English-speaking expatriates, as allowed by local laws.

Kathy Mays, LCSW, PhD
Jungian Psychoanalyst, IAAP, Licensed Psychotherapist (USA), EMDR level
II Clinician, MBTI Certified Facilitator
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands and Sarasota, FL, USA
Phone: Netherlands office +31 (0)6 2758 6219; USA office 866-670- 0252
Email: mayskathy@gmail.com (email is the best way to contact me initially)
Website: www.psyche-services.com
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: If a client has a healthy, life affirming religious affiliation and/or spiritual belief system and can draw strength and healthy guidance from it, I will encourage that connection. If they are struggling in this area, it may become part of therapy. The form these beliefs take for any given individual may not necessarily be contained within a specific religious affiliation.
Clinical Specialties: Anxiety, depression, isolation, loneliness, self esteem, stress, panic, trauma recovery, expatriate and repatriate adjustment, relationship issues, midlife and life stage transition, personal growth, existential angst and spiritual growth, search for meaning and life direction, Jungian dream work and traditional Jungian Analysis. Supervision, teaching and training of Jungian Psychoanalytic students. Skype/phone sessions may be possible for some.
Cross-Cultural Experience: For over 20 years I have (and continue to) live as an expat and work as a therapist with culturally diverse clients in various parts of Europe, Asia and the USA. I teach and train students of Analytical Psychology and Jungian studies in various countries. I travel extensively in my personal life.

Dr. Michael G Millett. Ph.D., M.Msc. MNACHP.
Location: Grantham in Lincolnshire, England & Worldwide via Internet, Skype & Telephone.
Phone: 44 (0)1476 568800
Email: michael.millett@which.net
Website: www.therapyline.net
Nationality: UK
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: None. (Non-denominational). Spirituality.
Clinical Specialties: I work holistically as a trained and licensed UK psychotherapist and specialise in the treatment of Empowerment or lack of and Anxiety and Stress as well as Relationship Issues and Coaching. I am an approved hypnotherapy supervisor for the National Hypnotherapy Society UK. I am also a trained Metaphysician with a Masters degree in Metaphysics (USA) working with all levels of Spirituality.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I left the UK as a teenager and did not return until I was in my late twenties, so have direct experience of the challenges and difficulties faced by those living and working abroad. For further information about me and my work, please don’t hesitate to contact me for a preliminary discussion or visit my main website at www.elevatedtherapy.com.

Ivandro Soares Monteiro, PhD, M.Sc.
Location: Oporto, Portugal & Available by Skype
Phone: +351914819622; Skype Name: ivandrosoaresmonteiro
Email: ismonteiro@gmail.com
Website: www.ivandrosoaresmonteiro.com
Nationality: Portuguese
Languages Spoken: Portuguese/ Brazilian, English, Spanish
Religious Affiliation: Agnostic
Clinical Specialties: Depression, Anxiety
Cross-Cultural Experience: Portugal, USA, Brazil, Spain

Bill Nichols, MRACC, BCCC, CAMP
Location: Jacksonville, Florida USA
Phone: 904-382-1902 – Providing PHONE/SKYPE & Internet Counseling
Email: OnesimusCounseling@yahoo.com
Website: www.TheOnesimusConnection.com
Nationality: Caucasian/American
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: Various Counseling – SKYPE/Phone/Internet – Sliding Scale Fees. Specialize in Anger Management & Sexual Addiction. The Executive Director of TOC, Bill Nichols, is a Board Certified Christian Counselor, a Certified Behavioral Counselor, a Certified Anger Management Professional and  a member of NAMA – The National Anger Management  Association. He has Certificates in “Sexual Addictions Counseling”, “Addictions and Recovery” and “Treating Compulsive Sexual Behavior”.  He holds a Master of Religious Arts in Christian Counseling Degree, a Bachelor of Biblical Studies Degree, is a member of the AACC – American Association of Christian Counselors and NFAMFT – Northeast Florida Association for Marriage & Family Therapy. Areas of Counseling: Anger Management, Life Coaching, Executive Anger Coaching,  Power & Control Issues, Alcohol & Drug Abuse, Sexual Addictions, Discovering Self Worth, Domestic Abuse, Codependency, Loss & Grief Counseling, Relapse Prevention, Abuse Counseling, Pre-Marital Counseling, Personality Profile Assessments. Avenues of Ministry: Individual Counseling, SKYPE Counseling, Couples Counseling, Group Therapy, Teleconference Group Sessions, Telephone Counseling, Workshops & Retreats, Speaking Engagements, Training Sessions
Cross-Cultural Experience: Wife filippino

Jessica Rios M.A., M.Ed
Location: Shanghai, China (& online)
Phone: +86 18 61 65 023 75
Email: jessica@icouch.me
Website: www.icouch.me
Nationality: American / Mexican
Languages Spoken: English & Spanish
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: cultural adjustment/transition, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, family and relationship issues, suicide, self harm behavior, grief and loss, substance abuse, emotional intelligence, anxiety, stress, depression, self-esteem, and divorce.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived most of my life in the United States and Mexico. As an expatriate I have lived in Canada, France, and China. I am well aware of the concerns and challenges that living and learning about different cultures and international lifestyle is all about.

Ronda L. Weber, PhD, LCP, LCSW
Charis Institute for Psychological and Family Services and International Intervention Resources
Location: Harrisonburg, VA, USA
Phone: 540-568-1876 (Services offered by phone or by Skype.)
Email: rwvdas@gmail.com
Website:
Nationality: USA
Languages: English, Spanish, minimal French
Religious Affiliation: Christian, (Mennonite/Brethren)
Specialties: General practice for 29 years with children, adults, families, mental health problems, adoption, cross-cultural/TCK issues, relationship issues, attachment, trauma, loss/grief.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Grew up in Honduras, Central America as TCK. MK, and in boarding school, ages 2-19. Residence changed 16 times by age 19 (not including boarding school). Work with immigrants in local community with cross-cultural and immigration evaluations, therapy, psychological testing. Training in trauma interventions in slums of Nairobi Kenya last year. Yearly service trip to Honduras.

Dr. Debi Yohn, Counseling Psychologist/Clinical Social Worker
Location: Shanghai, China (& online via Skype or travel by appointment)
Phone: Shanghai Cell PH# 1522-1305-202
Email: debi@dryohn.com
Website: www.CollegeWorks101.com, www.TheInternationalPsychologist.com, and www.LosingYourOnly.com
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: Spiritual, embracing all religions
Clinical Specialties: Expatriate issues, family, couple, individual, teens, hypnosis
Cross-Cultural Experience: Saudi Arabia (6 years), China (10 years) France (2 years) Mexico (2 years)

Catherine Slade, DipCouns, BA (Hons) (QTS) MBACP
Location: Wales, UK
Phone: 07578 465131
Email: catherineslade@live.co.uk
Website: www.catherineslade.co.uk
Nationality: British
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialities: Counselling for adults, young people and children. Individual therapy for TCK, ATCK. Grief, Loss, anxiety, identity and relationship issues. Parenting and school based issues.
Cross-Cultural Experience:

Jim Collins, Ph.D.
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Phone: 971.50.662.7643
Email:
Website:
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: Evangelical Christian
Clinical Specialties: Marriage & Family, Individual, Parent-Child
Cross-Cultural Experience:

Margrete Bac, MSc Psychologist
Location: Amersfoort and Groningen, Netherlands
Phone: +31334625651
Email: info@intransit.nl
Website: www.intransit.nl
Nationality: Dutch
Languages Spoken: English and Dutch
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: Helping TCKs who are struggling with cross-cultural adjustment, their identity, relationships, and grief.  Helping adults with their cross-cultural adjustment, psychological assessment of expats, training for cross-cultural living.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Lived with her parents in Indonesia and is an ATCK herself.

Kate S. Berger, MSc Child and Adolescent Psychology
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Phone: +31614832702
Email: katesberger@gmail.com
Website: www.expatkidsclub.com
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English, some Dutch and Spanish
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Specializing in providing effective coping strategies for anxious, frustrated and struggling expatriate children and adolescents via individual and group-therapy settings.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived as an expatriate in the Netherlands for four years, and am keenly aware of the trials and tribulations that come from having such an international lifestyle.

Irene Blom, Registered Psychotherapist
Location: Amersfoort and Groningen, Netherlands
Phone: +31334625651
Email: info@intransit.nl
Website: www.intransit.nl
Nationality: Dutch
Languages Spoken: English and Dutch
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: Helping TCKs who are struggling with cross-cultural adjustment, their identity, relationships, and grief.  Helping adults with their cross-cultural adjustment, psychological assessment of expats, training for cross-cultural living.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Experience working with expats, went abroad on short mission trips and worked with refugees.

Jeannette Bolck, Psychologist NIP
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Phone: 06 509 865 80
Email: info@counselingamsterdam.nl
Website: www.counselingamsterdam.nl
Nationality: Dutch
Languages Spoken: Dutch and English
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Couples, Groups and Individuals, Personalized Therapy
Cross-Cultural Experience:

Drs. Onno de Boer, BSc, MSc, CPsychol, AFBPsS
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Phone: 0031626160808
Email: onnodeb@gmail.com
Website: www.expattherapy.nl
Nationality: Dutch
Languages Spoken: English, Dutch
Religious Affiliation: none
Clinical Specialties: I am a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and couple/family therapist with full professional and state registrations in both the Netherlands and England. Have 25 years experience in my field, of which I spent 13 years in the UK. Trained to professional level in a broad range of therapeutic models and experienced with the full range of issues which people may bring to therapy. I am also a teacher, trainer and supervisor of other psychologists and psychotherapists, and have published professionally on trauma and depression.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Apart from my private practise I work in the Dutch national Centre for the treatment of psychological trauma. I’m comfortable working with people from all nationalities and ethnic backgrounds.

Jane Hannon, Adv Dip Couns
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Phone: 0634707797
Email: info@clearcounselling.com
Website: www.clearcounselling.com
Nationality: English
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: none
Clinical Specialties: I am a qualified Person-centred Counsellor offering one-to-one personal therapy for adults and young people.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have travelled extensively and am now currently living as an expat in Amsterdam. I have also lived and worked in Australia and America.

Harmke van den Heuvel, MSc Psychologist
Location: Amersfoort and Groningen, Netherlands
Phone: +31334625651
Email: info@intransit.nl
Website: www.intransit.nl
Nationality: Dutch
Languages Spoken: English and Dutch
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: Helping TCKs who are struggling with cross-cultural adjustment, their identity, relationships, and grief.  Helping adults with their cross-cultural adjustment, psychological assessment of expats, training for cross-cultural living.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Worked for Athletes in Action and lived and worked in Greece for over a year.

Camila Marques
Expatriate Counseling The Netherlands
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)6 482 542 45
Email: camila.marques@expatriatecounseling.com
Website: http://www.multi-lingual-rotterdam.expatriatecounseling.com
Nationality: Portuguese
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, English, Dutch
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Individual counselling, couple therapy, career counselling, and mediation
Cross-Cultural Experience: Lived, studied and worked in Portugal, Italy, Spain, Brazil, UK, Mozambique, South Africa, Netherlands

Kathy Mays, LCSW, PhD
Jungian Psychoanalyst, IAAP, Licensed Psychotherapist (USA), EMDR level
II Clinician, MBTI Certified Facilitator
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands and Sarasota, FL, USA
Phone: Netherlands office +31 (0)6 2758 6219; USA office 866-670- 0252
Email: mayskathy@gmail.com (email is the best way to contact me initially)
Website: www.psyche-services.com
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: If a client has a healthy, life affirming religious affiliation and/or spiritual belief system and can draw strength and healthy guidance from it, I will encourage that connection. If they are struggling in this area, it may become part of therapy. The form these beliefs take for any given individual may not necessarily be contained within a specific religious affiliation.
Clinical Specialties: Anxiety, depression, isolation, loneliness, self esteem, stress, panic, trauma recovery, expatriate and repatriate adjustment, relationship issues, midlife and life stage transition, personal growth, existential angst and spiritual growth, search for meaning and life direction, Jungian dream work and traditional Jungian Analysis. Supervision, teaching and training of Jungian Psychoanalytic students. Skype/phone sessions may be possible for some.
Cross-Cultural Experience: For over 20 years I have (and continue to) live as an expat and work as a therapist with culturally diverse clients in various parts of Europe, Asia and the USA. I teach and train students of Analytical Psychology and Jungian studies in various countries. I travel extensively in my personal life.

Zita Meijer, Ph.D.
Expatriate Counseling The Netherlands
Location: Amsterdam & The Hague area, Netherlands
Phone: +31(0)6-255 775 82
Email: zita.meijer@expatriatecounseling.com
Website: http://multilingual-netherlands.expatriatecounseling.com
Nationality: Dutch
Languages Spoken: Dutch, English, Japanese
Religious Affiliation: none
Clinical Specialties: marriage/relationship counseling, co-dependency, self-esteem issues, depression, anxiety, loneliness
Cross-Cultural Experience: United States, Japan (plus extensive traveling: India, Thailand, Bali, Taiwan, Italy)

Corry Nap, MSc Psychologist
Location: Amersfoort and Groningen, Netherlands
Phone: +31334625651
Email: info@intransit.nl
Website: www.intransit.nl
Nationality: Dutch
Languages Spoken: English and Dutch
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: Helping TCKs who are struggling with cross-cultural adjustment, their identity, relationships, and grief.  Helping adults with their cross-cultural adjustment, psychological assessment of expats, training for cross-cultural living.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Worked in Nepal for twelve years and is a mother to four TCKs.

Elizabeth Pick MA Clinical Counseling, ABvC
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
Phone: +31 06 51 77 72 72
Email: info@elizabethpick.nl
Website: www.elizabethpick.nl
Nationality: Canada / The Netherlands
Languages Spoken: English (mother tongue), Dutch, French
Religious Affiliation: I welcome all religious affiliations
Clinical Specialties: I specialize in working with international professionals and their partners. Additionally I have a special interest in working with women’s issues and have studied parent-child reflective functioning as part of the ‘Minding the Baby’ project at the Yale University Child Study Center. If you are an expat and are suffering from anxiety, eating issues, stress, burnout or relationship problems, counseling may help you.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived as an expat for over 20 years. I have experience working as a visiting professional at the International Criminal Court in the Hague and am familiar with the demands of professional expat life and its impact on emotional well-being.

Valeria Pierdominici, Psychologist and Psychotherapist
Location: Amsterdam, Den Haag, Leiden, Netherlands
Phone: +31 641 969497
Email:
Website: www.valeriapierdominici.weebly.com
Nationality: Italian
Languages Spoken: Italian, English and Spanish. My Afrikaans is in the learning process together with the Dutch language
Religious Affiliation: C.G. Jung and Sincronicity : all spiritual views are welcome.
Clinical Specialties: Clinical Psychology and Psychosomatic Psychotherapy, Educational Psychology, mind mapping and strategic planning for life changes.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Have been raised in Italy and left my country for Vienna, Barcelona, Amsterdam. I have myself a multicultural family Italian/South African with children.

Debby Poort, B.A. Psychology, Integrative Therapist
Location: Amstelveen/Amsterdam, Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)6 42636882
Email: info@yellowwood.nl
Website: www.yellowwood.nl
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English & Dutch
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Individual therapy and couples counseling for expats experiencing issues related to work/family, adjustment to life in the Netherlands, depression/anxiety, and stress.  I am also a mindfulness instructor and teach both group and individual courses.  Skype and evening sessions available.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived in the Netherlands for 12 years. Prior to living here I lived and studied abroad in Australia and lived and worked in Ireland. I also spent a summer working at an English language summer camp in Turkey.  I continue to travel extensively whenever possible.

Vanessa Prins-Goodman, Psychologist NIP., Jungian Analyst (IAAP), Sandplay Therapist (ISST)
Location: The Hague and Hilversum area (Bussum), Netherlands
Phone: 06 124 174 64
Email: info@prins-goodman.nl
Website: www.prins-goodman.nl
Nationality: French and British
Languages Spoken: French, English and Dutch
Religious Affiliation: None
Clinical Specialties: Adults: Depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, self-esteem issues, mid-life crisis. With children and adolescents: assessment, sandplay therapy and parental guidance. Dutch Insurance coverage 100%.
Cross-Cultural Experience: 15 years of working with expats in the Hague and Bussum. I have myself been an expat for most of my life.

Estefania Simich Muñoz, MA, LCPC
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Phone: +31(0)614592355
Email: estefaniasimich@yahoo.com
Website:
Nationality: Peruvian
Languages Spoken: Spanish and English
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Specializing in anxiety, PTSD, adjustment disorders, anger management, relationship issues, self-esteem issues, depression, domestic violence, trauma, and substance abuse.  I am able to provide skype and evening sessions to travelling clients.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I am originally from Peru and have lived in the US as an expatriate for 18 years, and I recently moved to the Netherlands to work on my PhD research.

Taya Slobodjaniuk, M.Sc.Psychology, S.A.C.Dip Child Psychology, Conflict Management
Location: Leiden and Den Haag, Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)6 184 696 30
Email: info@expatriatecounselor.com; taya.slobodjaniuk@expatriatecounseling.com
Website: www.expatriatecounselor.com; http://multilingual-netherlands.expatriatecounseling.com/the_hague.html
Nationality: Dutch
Languages Spoken: English, Dutch, Russian
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: marital problems, intercultural relationships, parenting problems, family problems, self-esteem issues, conflict management, emotional and mental issues.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I lived in Syria, Nigeria, Switzerland, Ukraine, Netherlands, Belgium, UAE.

David Turner, MA (Hons) Psychology, MSc Psychological Therapy in Primary Care
Reflect CBT: English-speaking Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Phone: 0031 650 262 207
Email: info@reflectcbt.com
Website: www.reflectcbt.com
Nationality: British
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: No religion
Clinical Specialties: At Reflect CBT I provide individual Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for adults in English.  My expertise is in treating psychological difficulties such as depression, stress, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, OCD, panic, phobias, anger, bereavement, relationship difficulties, social anxiety and low self-esteem.
Cross-Cultural Experience: As a Scottish expatriate living in the Netherlands, I am sensitive to the challenges that relocating to another country may bring.  Throughout my career I have worked and interacted with a wide variety of individuals from diverse geographical and social backgrounds, and use this experience to best inform my practise at Reflect CBT Amsterdam.

Kathy A. Allen, MA, LMHC
Cornerstone Counseling Foundation
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Email: kathya@cornerstonecounseling.in.th
Website: www.cornerstonecounseling.in.th
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: Marital Therapy, Sex Addiction, Anger Management, Spiritual Growth, Loss and Grief, Team Building and Conflict Management.
Cross-Cultural Experience: 12 yrs in Guatemala, 4 years in Russia, 10 years of international consultation, Thailand since 2007.

Martin Donnelly, MFT (California license number 27772)
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Phone: 0860637623
Email: mdonnell36@msn.com
Website:
Nationality: USA and UK
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: I am a practicing Buddhist.
Clinical Specialties: I have been licensed as an MFT for over 20 years (since 1991) and I have a lot experience with domestic violence and high conflict couples. That population means I have done a lot of work with children going through their parents divorces and individuals coming out of sundered relationships. PTSD, anxiety, depression and grief all come with the territory as well as substance abuse in it’s many forms.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I recently had a practice in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) for about a year. As a child I grew up in Malaya and Hong Kong  (6 years in all) and the balance in the UK. I lived in North America for over thirty years (first Canada then the USA).

Ulrika Ernvik, MSW
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Phone: 081-784 13 15
Email: Otto.Ulrika@hem.utfors.se
Website: www.thewellcm.com
Nationality: Swedish
Languages Spoken: Swedish, English, Thai, French
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: Family Therapy
Cross-Cultural Experience: I am an MK – grew up in Congo, I am a mother of 5 MKs – have been living in Thailand for four years, mother of two adopted children

Timothy Hibma, MSW, ACSW
Director of Cornerstone Counseling Foundation
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Phone: +66-53-262-136
Email: timothyh@cornerstonecounseling.in.th
Website: www.cornerstonecounseling.in.th
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: Protestant (Christian Reformed Church)
Clinical Specialties: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for treating Trauma and Unresolved Emotional/Behavioral Issues; 30+ years experience treating problems in Marriage, Depression, Anxiety, Family, Stress, Spiritual Struggles, and Personality Issues.
Cross-Cultural Experience: several years of international consultation; living and working in Thailand since 2005.

Dr. Scott A. Hicks — Licensed Clinical Counselor
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Phone: 053-246-801
Email: scott@thewellcm.com
Website: www.thewellcm.com
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: Marriage and Family, Team Issues, Transition, Critical Incident Debriefing, Depression, Sexual Abuse, Eating Disorders, General Debriefing.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Lived in Senegal, West Africa since 1997.  Moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2010.  Worked with men and women from many organizations … counseling, team building, debriefing.

New Counseling Service
Laiyoung Cheng, Marketing Coordinator
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Phone: (662) 279 8503
Email: Laiyoung.C@ncs-counseling.com
Website: www.ncs-counseling.com
Nationality: American, Thai, Dutch, German, Japanese
Languages Spoken: English, Thai, Dutch, German, Japanese
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: With our 8 counselors, we cover most fields of clinical psychology.
Cross-Cultural Experience: Multinational organization in Thailand for +10 years.

Robbert-Jan Nuis, Master NLP
Expatriate Counseling Bangkok Thailand
Location: Bangkok and rest of Thailand
Phone: +66 (0)2-7123 286
Email: rjnuis@expatriatecounseling.com
Website: http://bangkok-thailand-english.expatriatecounseling.com
Nationality: Dutch
Languages Spoken: Nederlands and English
Religious Affiliation: none
Clinical Specialties: Management/Executive/Career coaching, Lifestyle coaching, VIP coaching, Cultural adaptation, marriage and relationship counseling
Cross-Cultural Experience: Germany, United States, Canada, India and Thailand

Diane Tehan, MA LPC
Cornerstone Counseling Foundation
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Phone:
Email: diane_tehan@sil.org
Website: www.cornerstonecounseling.in.th
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English and functional Thai
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: Expatriate Issues including Stress, Transition and Grief; Marital and Family Issues; Women’s Issues; Sexual Issues; Trauma Recovery; Personal Growth including Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual Integration
Cross-Cultural Experience: Since 1989

Dinorah Blackman, Licensed Family and Couples Therapist
Location: Nuevo Arraiján, Panama
Phone: (507)344-1020 or (507)344-1030
Email: dinorah_blackman@hotmail.com
Website: www.dinorahblackman.com
Nationality: Panamanian
Languages Spoken: English and Spanish
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Clinical Specialties: couples and family therapy
Cross-Cultural Experience: as a child I lived in Belize for 4 years and Netherlands Antillese for four more years. Then I studied in Costa Rica for four years. I taught for 7 years at a school where the vast majority of students were Muslim and Hindu. Worked as academic coordinator for two years in the biggest Jewish school in Panama.  I have always been very sensitive to the needs and beliefs of others.

Lourdes N. Mandalupe, Ed. D. in Counseling Psychology
Heart and Mind Counseling and Training Center
Location: Quezon City, Philippines
Phone: (02)3930526 or 0922-8847169
Email: lou_mandalupe@yahoo.com
Website:
Nationality: Filipino
Languages Spoken: English, Pilipino
Religious Affiliation: Evangelical Christian
Clinical Specialties: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy
Cross-Cultural Experience: 2007 missionary care trip to Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Laos