Expatriate Family Coaching
Moving abroad and finding yourself in a completely new environment can temporarily cause turmoil in your family relationships. On one hand there is the excitement of moving to a new place and making new experiences in life, on the other hand you might feel stressed about leaving your home country and uncertain about your future.
Under the guidance of a professional and experienced coach you will turn your assignment abroad into a successful and fulfilling experience for all family members. Your coach will guide you through the process of making the best choices to ensure your transition process runs smooth and family harmony is maintained.
Learn how to “use” your expatriate assignment to build family cohesion and mutual trust and contribute to the personal and intellectual growth of your children and partner.
Topics we will coach you around include:
- Getting to grips with your emotions about leaving your home country
- Preparing family members psychologically and emotionally for the move and helping them to deal with transitory problems
- Organising your move to make sure everything goes smoothly
- Getting familiar with your expatriate country’s culture and customs
- Exploring the new settings and finding meaningful hobbies or an employment for the spouse of the expatriate
- Adapting to your new environment by building up social networks
- Helping children to integrate into school and build up relationships with peers
- Building up new personal relationships and professional networks
- Getting to know the local governmental and legislative rules including national healthcare system, taxation etc.