Refugees and Immigrants
Carrying more than your own story
For many refugees, immigrants and adult children of immigrant or refugee families, life can involve navigating multiple worlds at once.
There may be the experiences your family lived through before arriving here, the challenges of adapting to a new culture, and the expectations that can come from living between different identities, values and ways of seeing the world.
Many people find themselves carrying responsibilities that began long before adulthood.
You may have spent years supporting family members, managing other people’s emotions, translating cultures, or trying to meet expectations while pushing your own needs aside.
When family relationships feel complicated
It’s not uncommon to feel torn between loyalty to family and the desire to create your own path.
You might struggle with boundaries, feel responsible for everyone else’s wellbeing, or find yourself carrying guilt whenever you prioritise your own needs.
For some people, there can also be a sense of disconnection from parents or family members, particularly when important experiences, emotions or hardships were never openly discussed.
These experiences can shape how you relate to yourself, others, and the world around you.
Understanding the bigger picture
Therapy can help make sense of the emotional patterns, family dynamics and experiences that have shaped your life.
Together, we can explore the impact of intergenerational trauma, emotional responsibility, cultural expectations, identity, and the ways these experiences continue to influence your relationships and wellbeing today.
My approach is grounded in curiosity, compassion and respect for the complexity of your experience.
Creating space for yourself
Therapy can help you develop healthier boundaries, reduce the weight of emotional responsibility, and build a deeper understanding of yourself.
Most importantly, it can create space for your own needs, your own voice, and the life you want to build moving forward.