Therapeutic processes are like fingerprints—each one is unique.
If you’re seeking support, I can accompany you in areas such as:
1. Chronic Loneliness
Loneliness isn’t just about being alone—it’s more about feeling a lack of connection and emotional support. Our ability to build meaningful relationships often relates to our attachment styles. Secure attachment fosters healthy bonds and confidence, while insecure attachment can deepen feelings of disconnection.
Loneliness in the Migration Process
For migrants, loneliness can begin the moment they leave home and persist throughout the adaptation process. Separation from family and social networks can destabilize emotional anchors. While some rebuild new support systems, others may feel trapped in unfulfilling or harmful relationships out of a need to fill the emotional void.
Working Through Loneliness
Overcoming loneliness, especially in the context of migration, involves developing a stronger sense of connection—to others and to oneself. These skills are vital for turning the migration experience into a source of resilience and personal growth.
2. Culture Shock & Adaptation Challenges
“Culture shock” is a common experience among migrants who feel disoriented and disconnected in a new cultural environment. Facing unfamiliar customs, values, and language can leave people feeling lost and emotionally overwhelmed.Emotional Impact
Adjusting isn’t easy. It’s common to feel lonely, misunderstood, or frustrated – emotions that can lead to stress, anxiety, or even deeper struggles like depression or social withdrawal. These feelings are valid and normal, but when prolonged, they can take a toll.
Therapy’s Role
These emotional responses are not signs of weakness, but natural reactions to major change. Therapy provides a supportive space to process these experiences, strengthen coping strategies, and rebuild self-esteem. It can also help restore a sense of balance between your culture of origin and your new environment, facilitating long-term integration and well-being.
3. Stress and Anxiety
Stress and anxiety are common during the migration process. It’s natural to feel overwhelmed by unfamiliar situations, new expectations, and uncertainty about the future.
If your hopes for this new chapter don’t align with reality, anxiety can intensify. These reactions are part of the adjustment process, but they can be difficult to manage alone.
Signs of Anxiety
Anxiety may appear as constant worry, trouble sleeping, racing thoughts, physical tension, or difficulty concentrating. You might feel irritable, detached, or on edge – signals that your body and mind are struggling to adapt.
Therapeutic Support
The good news is that anxiety is treatable. In therapy, we’ll work together to identify your anxiety triggers, challenge unhelpful thought patterns, and learn practical tools to manage distress. You’ll gain clarity, confidence, and greater emotional balance as you adjust to your new life.
4. Depression and Emotional Emptiness
Depression is a common emotional response to the challenges of starting over in a new place. Leaving behind familiar people, places, and routines can create a profound sense of loss or emptiness.Recognizing the Signs
Depression may show up as persistent sadness, low energy, changes in sleep or appetite, or a lack of motivation. You might feel disconnected, exhausted, or unable to enjoy things you once did.
These symptoms may reflect the grief of what you’ve left behind, or the strain of adapting to new circumstances. If they persist, they deserve compassionate attention.
How Therapy Can Help
You don’t have to face depression alone. Therapy provides a supportive environment where you can explore what you’re feeling, process the grief of loss, and find new ways to move forward. It’s an opportunity to heal, grow, and reconnect with your sense of purpose and identity.
5. Other Areas I Can Help You With:
1. Self-Expectations and Perfectionism
2. Relational Difficulties
3. Low Self-Esteem and Dissatisfaction
4. Life Crises
5. Emotional Dependency
Free first session
of 20 minutesContact me
- Email: hello@terapiamaresme.com
- Phone: +34 606 21 64 39
- Address: Plaça de Jeroni Gelpí i Novell, 3, local 7 – 08340 Vilassar de Mar, Barcelona (view map)
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 5pm to 7pm
- Wednesday and Friday: 3pm to 7pm