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Practice for Psychotherapy & Counseling
Dr. Phil Stöckli , ph.D.
Gemeindestr. 26 | 8032 Zürich
Tel. 076 282 8885
Practice for Psychotherapy
Dr. Phil Stöckli, PhD
Expat issues
Why I feel I can relate to Expats
•
I
am
born
and
raised
in
Switzerland,
and
I
have
lived
in
the
U.S.
for
ten
years,
including
acquiring
a
U.S.
citizenship.
I
am
familiar
with
the
types
of
difficulties
that
one
is
faced
living
in
a
foreign
country.
Furthermore,
living
with
my
American
wife
and
raising
a
binational
daughter
makes
it
easy
for
me
to
empathize
for the Expat cause.
•
I
have
worked
in
an
Expat
environment
in
Switzerland
since
2004
as
a
music
teacher
at
Zurich
International
School,
and
since
2016
as
a
Psychotherapist
for
a
big
international company.
The challenges Expats face
Making
the
decision
to
leave
home
and
start
something
completely
new
is
usually
the
easiest
part
of
the
adventure.
Arriving
here
and
getting
started
with
apartment,
getting
to
know
the
environment,
learning
the
language,
etc.,
is
also
still
pretty
much
a
situation
most
people
can
handle
well.
But
once
the
first
excitement
of
living
in
a
new
place
has
worn
off,
once
you
start
realizing
how
it
feels
to
not
have
your
family
and
friends
around,
things
are
getting
more
real.
A
person
might
experience
some
of
the
following
aspects:
•
Doubts if the decision to leave home was
right, including leaving a great job or intact job
chances behind
•
Loneliness, isolation, home sickness
•
Finding yourself in a different (worse) place on
the job market, because your education is not
valued the same way here than back home
•
Feeling jealous or angry towards your partner
who has a job (while being unemployed)
•
Loss of identity, feeling of not being able to "fit
in"
•
Feeling of worthlessness, emptyness and
sadness
•
Depression symptoms such as sleeping
problems, loss of joy and interests and energy,
feelings of guilt, self-blame, disappointment,
loss of appetite or suicidality
•
Anxiety symptoms such as increased tension,
unable to relax, irritable, lightheaded, difficulty
breathing, worrying/always expecting the
worst, etc.
•
Reccurring thoughts about important life
decisions
How can therapy/counselling help?
Strong
emotions
tend
to
get
in
the
way
of
good
judgement.
As
a
therapist,
I
can
help
you
sort
through
unresolved
issues
and
emotions
in
order
to
facilitate
taking
the
big
pending
decisions
afterwards.
Sometimes,
you
might
need
additional
time
(and
guidance)
to
work
through
a
difficult
experience.
I
believe
that
you
will
have
to
reinvent
yourself
in
a
new
culture
and
environment.
Finding
new
friends,
activities,
a
niche
where
you
fit
in,
and
maybe
you
will
learn
a
new
language
-
all
these
factors
will
contribute to getting your "old self" back.
Helpful links
•
http://www.expatica.com/ch lots of infos
about Switzerland (and other countries)
•
https://www.ch.ch/en/ - everything about
Switzerland (work, driving license, politics,
naturalization, self-empolyment, marriage,
taxes, holidays, etc.)
•
School holidays for your local area
•
www.internations.org - Connect with other
expats in your city and join local events and
groups of interest
•
www.helloswitzerland.ch - a great useful
online directory
•
facebook.com/groups/283000505181699 -
Mumpreneurs Bern, Basel, Fribourg,
Zurich or the rest of German speaking
Switzerland
•
facebook.com/groups/englishspeakingmum -
English Speaking Mums in
Switzerland