Online and in-person therapy for expats navigating life abroad
Living abroad can bring things to the surface you weren't expecting. Anxiety that grew after the move, a sense of not quite belonging anywhere or questions about who you are now that your context has changed.
You don't have to navigate that alone.
A note from Eva
Living far from where you started changes you in ways that are difficult to articulate, even to yourself. Small things begin to feel different like the language, the way people interact and the social dynamics you once took for granted. Often the people closest to you don't fully understand what it feels like to hold two worlds at once, without entirely belonging to either.
That experience rarely announces itself as a crisis. It tends to come up unnoticed as a flatness, a restlessness, a feeling that something has shifted but you can't name what. I work with people in exactly that place. If you're curious whether this kind of work might be useful, I'd welcome the conversation.
— Eva
What relocation can quietly do
Moving abroad reshapes the context in which you understand yourself, which can be seen in your relationships, your sense of competence, your place in the world. For many people this produces something without a clean name like a persistent undercurrent: surprising loneliness, anxiety without an obvious source, a creeping sense that your life has stopped feeling like your own.
These experiences aren't symptoms of weakness but rather the ordinary cost of an extraordinary kind of change.
What working together actually looks like
The first session isn't an assessment. It offers a chance to talk about what's been weighing on you and to see whether this feels like a space worth returning to. You don't need to prepare anything or arrive with the right words.
About Eva
I'm a logotherapist and mental health practitioner specialising in work with expats navigating anxiety, identity, and life in transition. I hold a BA and MA in Philosophy and am currently a PhD candidate researching the phenomenology of psychotherapy. My clinical training was completed at Sigmund Freud University Ljubljana, with logotherapy accreditation from the Viktor Frankl Institute and approximately 800 hours of supervised practice.
I work in English and Slovene, online, with clients across Europe, and in-person in Leiden.
What we can work on together
Therapy doesn't require a diagnosis or a defined problem. The concerns I most often work with include anxiety, particularly after a move or major life change, identity problems and belonging, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma, and the loss of direction or meaning. If you're unsure whether your situation fits, the first session is the place to find out.
On working online
Online therapy works. For the concerns most people bring, the research is consistent: outcomes are comparable to in-person work. For expats it removes friction and need to navigating a new city or find a local therapist in a language that isn't yours. Sessions are encrypted, never recorded, and fully confidential. If privacy at home is a concern, we can talk through it before we begin.
Also available in person
Online sessions work well for most people, and they remain the primary way I work. For those who prefer to meet face to face, I also hold in-person sessions at a quiet studio in Leiden.
The space is private, calm, and separate from a clinical or medical environment — the same unhurried atmosphere as online, simply in a shared room.
In-person availability is limited. If you'd like to meet in Leiden, mention it when you book your first session and we can arrange it from there.
This begins with a conversation
A single session at half price, no obligation to continue. If you've been thinking about therapy for a while without quite getting there, the reduced first session is designed to make that step a little easier.
Book 50% discounted first session Sessions can be rescheduled up to 24 hours in advance. All sessions are confidential and GDPR-compliant.