“Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.”–Stefan Zweig
Immigration from one country to another can be a complex process with significant effects in one’s heart. Leaving our home country involves profound losses; the places where we used to play, the cafe where we met our first love, the foods we used to eat, and the music we used to dance are now part of memories past… However, alongside with these losses there is also a new opportunity for self-exploration and rediscovery of who we are.
In the search of our identity in this new country, counseling can provide a safe space to integrate our past and present stories into profound growth of ourselves.
In therapy, I can offer the following:
- Life coaching to adapt to the new culture in the areas of relationships and professional life.
- Challenges for Bi-national couples.
- Major life transitions away from your home country, such as engagement & marriage, becoming a new mom, death of a loved one, or graduating from school and beginning an new career.
- Issues related to trauma and abuse within the context of vulnerability (such as lacking documents, etc).
- Issues affecting adult first generation children and their parents.
I work in Spanish and English with individuals, couples, and groups,
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“I am two. One looks back,
the other turns to the sea.
The nape of my neck seethes with good-byes
and my breast with yearning” -Gabriela Mistral“And when I arrived he said:
‘Don’t say, brother,
that you departed.
You will not depart, brother
Though you may leave.” – Rodrigo Diaz-Perez