Do you offer therapy in person in Spain?

I work online from the UK, so I do not run a clinic in Spain. We check your location, suitability and available times before arranging therapy. Moving to another country needs a fresh check.

Is one-to-one therapy in English available if I live outside Madrid or Barcelona?

Yes. Sessions run on video, so your town does not matter. You need a private place to talk and a stable connection.

Why do I feel so low in a place everyone envies?

A beautiful setting does not replace roots. Loneliness, language strain and admin build up while the people around you assume you are fine. The low mood is real and it responds to support.

My partner is Spanish and I feel like a guest in their life. Do you work with couples like us?

Yes. I work with cross-cultural couples where one partner is local and the other is the foreigner. Sessions are in English, and part of the work is the imbalance of one person carrying the language, the family and the belonging.

Online Therapist for Expats in Spain

English-speaking therapist for expats in Spain

Online one-to-one and couples therapy in English, wherever you live in Spain.

You moved to Spain for the light, the pace or a partner. A few months in, you are tired in a way sunshine does not fix. I am a UK-based, BACP-registered therapist (registration 409623). I work online, in English, with individuals and couples across Spain.

01The first year sounds like a holiday and feels like admin

Friends at home see the terraces and assume you have won. You are refreshing the cita previa page for the fortieth time, waiting on an NIE appointment, and translating a utility bill with your phone. Competent all day at work, then reduced to pointing at forms by lunchtime.

Feeling low in a beautiful place carries its own guilt. Who complains about Spain? So you stop saying how hard it is, and the loneliness gets quieter and heavier.

02Lonely in a country full of people

Expat circles in Madrid, Valencia, Malaga and Alicante turn over every season. Local circles formed at school and stay loyal for life, warm on the surface and slow to open. You are out most nights and known by almost no one by March.

This is a feature of how expat life is built in Spain. It is not a personal failing, and it responds to being taken seriously.

03When one partner settles and the other does not

A move to Spain falls unevenly on a couple. One partner has work, colleagues and a reason to leave the house. The other has admin, a language gap and a partner who is tired in the evenings. Or you moved for a Spanish partner and now live inside their family Sundays and their childhood friends.

The resentment is rarely about Spain. It is about whose version of this life counts, and who has carried the adaptation alone. Read about relationship crisis abroad and trailing partner support.

04What one-to-one therapy with me looks like

We begin where it hurts and make sense of it together. My approach is integrative and relational, drawing on attachment, parts work and trauma-informed therapy. Sessions are weekly. Individual sessions cost £70 for 50 minutes. Couples sessions cost £100 for 70 minutes. See fees and how to begin.

05Online, across Spain

I work online from the UK, so you do not travel anywhere. Spain is one hour ahead of the UK all year, which keeps appointment times simple to arrange. Before we begin, I check your location, suitability and available times. If you move to another country, we review whether continuing is possible before your next appointment. Read about therapy across borders.