Therapy for Individuals and Couples Living Abroad
Professional support for clarity, confidence and connection
Expat life impacts your wellbeing and relationships in unexpected ways.
Living abroad changes more than the place you live. It can affect how you feel, how you relate to others, and how you see yourself. Many people find themselves more unsettled or unsure than they expected.
If you are noticing this in yourself or in your relationship, therapy can help you understand what is going on and what you need next.
Professional Online Therapy for Expats
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Individual Therapy
Specialist psychological support and therapy for isolation, grief, guilt, homesickness, cultural adaptation, relationship challenges, and the pressures of navigating life abroad.
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Couples Therapy
Relationship counselling for expat and long distance couples to work through relationship strain, strengthen communication, and build connection.
Professional therapy with someone who has been there too.
My name is Corene Crossin. I am an experienced licensed psychotherapist, author and educator with a long background supporting individuals and couples overcoming the complex challenges of expat life.
As a former senior executive who has lived in five countries, I understand the emotional impact of relocation, the identity challenges, and the relationship strain that often comes with living abroad. My approach is calm, clear, and grounded in real experience.
Expat life can feel harder than anticipated. You are not alone in feeling isolation, grief, stress, or confusion.
When you move overseas, your life and sense of self changes in complex ways. Maybe you moved for your partner’s career or for a business opportunity, but now you’re facing unexpected career, mental health and relationship challenges. You might be dealing with homesickness, grief, guilt, anxiety, depression, feeling disconnected, lonely or struggling to adjust to a new culture. Or you may have repatriated to your home country, but don’t feel like you fit in anymore.
Whatever you are facing, you don’t have to do this alone. Book a free 20 minute connection call to get started.
When life overseas feels harder than you expected
How Expatriate Therapy Can Help You
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✓ Find Clarity
Psychotherapy and counselling to help you process and navigate grief, guilt, uncertainty, relationship strain, career changes, with compassion and direction. Learn more about Individual Therapy.
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✓ Rebuild Confidence
Strengthen your identity and reconnect with what matters most, no matter where life’s has taken you. Learn more about my approach.
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✓ Strengthen Connection
Relationship counselling for greater connection and improved communication. Learn more about couples therapy here.
How Expatriate Therapy works
At Expatriate Therapy your therapeutic journey is grounded, simple, and supportive. Here's what to expect:
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A gentle 20-minute conversation to connect. We’ll talk about what’s on your mind, what kind of support you’re looking for, and whether this is the right fit for you.
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A deeper, focused first session (80 mins).
Together, we’ll explore what’s really going on beneath the surface, and start uncovering the themes and patterns you would like to shift. -
Support, week by week.
We meet regularly online wherever you are in the world to move forward with clarity, resilience, and insight. -
Resources to support you in daily life.
I’ll share simple tools, reflections, or practices to help you integrate insights between our sessions.
The Relocated Self: A book for expat partners, releasing early 2026
The Relocated Self is a book for accompanying expat partners and trailing spouses whose lives changed when they move for someone else’s career. It speaks to the emotional side of relocation that often goes unseen, even inside the relationship.
Drawing on clinical experience, research, and real stories from expat partners, The Relocated Self helps you make sense of:
• the emotional landscape of relocating to a new country
• shifts in identity and confidence when familiar roles fall away
• career loss and reinvention when your professional path is interrupted
• how partnership, intimacy, and communication change abroad
• parenting and family life without your usual support network
• ways to build a life that feels more like your own again, wherever you live
The Relocated Self will be released in early 2026. If you would like updates and an early sample chapter, you can join the list below.
Testimonials
Articles for Expats
Expert guidance on expat mental health, identity loss, relationship challenges, culture shock, and emotional wellbeing abroad.
What is expat therapy?
Expat therapy focuses on the emotional and relationship challenges that come with living in another country. Sessions look at relocation stress, identity changes, loss, and the impact of global life on you and your relationships.
Who do you work with?
I work with adults living abroad, including expats, expat partners (trailing spouses), global nomads, recent migrants, and couples. Some are in their first move, others have relocated many times.
FAQs
Do you offer online or in person sessions?
All therapy sessions are online, using secure video. This allows us to keep working together even if you travel or move again.
Which countries can you see clients in?
I am based in Australia and work with English speaking clients based in Southeast Asia, Australia, the Middle East, the USA, Canada, South America, Africa and Europe.
What happens in the free 20 minute connection call?
The connection call is a short, informal conversation. You can describe what you are dealing with, ask questions, and get a sense of how I work. We also check that therapy with me is appropriate for your situation.
How long do people usually work with you?
Some people attend for a few months around a specific transition. Others prefer longer term support as they move through several stages of expat life. We discuss what feels realistic and review this together as therapy progresses.