Couples Therapy For Expats

All couples go through difficult times, and expat life can add it's own unique strain on your relationship.

When you’re juggling demanding schedules and high pressure working life, it’s easy to drift into difficulties in your relationship and find yourselves asking

How did we get to this?


Here's How Couples Therapy Will Help You

  • Find a calm, structured space to talk openly without judgement or pressure.
  • Learn effective communication skills to help you both feel heard and understood.
  • Balance the pressures of work, family responsibilities, and the complexities of expat life.
  • Break the cycle of repeated misunderstandings and arguments.
  • Work through unresolved hurts, rebuild trust, and regain the intimacy you once had.
  • Navigate differences in spending habits and financial expectations.

As an expat myself, with many years' experience working with expat couples, I understand that while starting a new life together is a wonderful adventure, it can also impact your relationship in unexpected ways.

Here's what expat couples tell me. Maybe you relate?

  • We came to here imagining a better quality of life, but the long work hours and constant demands leave us tired and disconnected.
  • The responsibility for dealing with bureaucracy adds an extra layer of pressure on our relationship.
  • Being together so much of the time can create tension — especially without the friends and support network we were used to.
  • One of us is more settled, while the other while the other is still missing home and struggling to settle.
  • We thought relocating would give us a fresh start but we've brought our problems with us.
  • We've been living abroad for a while now, but we never really worked through the emotional adjustments that came with moving here.
You had the courage to find new horizons
Now it's time to create new horizons for your relationship

How Couples Therapy Works 

Session Times

My couples Sessions are for 1 hour and 15 minutes. This is longer than the standard, but in my experience, longer sessions work better for couples as it provides enough space and time for both of you.

We generally meet weekly, though I can be flexible to your needs.

Sessions are online via Zoom or WhatsApp video.

Option One: 12 Sessions

Couples therapy always works best in blocks of sessions. This is because you're committing to a meaningful journey with clear goals. It allows you to explore and understand the deeper dynamics of your relationship; ultimately helping you create lasting change. (Includes free consultation.)

Set clear focus and goals for your relationship

Identify your blocks and resolve recurring patterns

Manage difficult emotions such as anger, resentment, insecurity and rejection

Build skills to improve communication

Learn strategies to rebuild connection and deepen intimacy

Create guidelines to handle future challenges together

12 x 75-minute couples therapy sessions

Includes free 30-minute consultation

$2,874 plus VAT 

Pay in one or two instalments (no extra charge)

**VAT waived if paying via a registered business ouside of Europe)


Resources

All clients have the option to get free access to my dedicated tools and resources: 

Videos 

Audios

Worksheets and Templates

These resources are invaluable in applying and practising what you learn in sessions so that you can see real and lasting change in your relationship.

Plus: Get your free pdf guide on How To Choose The Right Therapist here

Option Two: Single Session

If you're experiencing a crisis and overwhelming emotions such as anger, I can offer you a single session to alleviate your current stress and restore calm. This will give you clarity to see how the therapy process can help you, before booking a block of sessions to help you move forward in your relationship.


1 x 75-minute couples therapy session.

$243 plus **VAT 

**VAT waived if paying via a registered business ouside of Europe)

Closer than we've been in years

We had drifted into living a life in parallel but never really truly together.


We were at the point of deciding to part company but you helped us recover the love we both knew deep down that we wanted.

Thank you Marléne

All I can say is thank you for helping us save our relationship. You certainly know your stuff!

Highly skilled couples Therapist

Marléne helped us see through the destructive patterns that we were playing out, and learn how to communicate in a way that means we don't hurt each other, we just get closer.

Single Session

1 x 75-minute couples therapy session specifically tailored to alleviate crisis and overwhelming emotions such as anger


€208 plus **IVA (or currency equivalent)


6 Sessions

6 x 75-minute couples therapy sessions.

Includes free 30-minute consultation


€1,249  plus **IVA (or currency equivalent)


12 Sessions

12 x 75-minute couples therapy sessions.

Includes free 30-minute consultation


€2,475  plus **IVA (or currency equivalent)




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