Expat Mental Health❯
At Nantes Psychotherapy and Consulting Services (NPCS) we believe there should be no stigma associated with the arduous task of adapting to a foreign country.Mental Health Workshop❯
NPCS provides training in awareness on cultural adaptation and mental health to schools and businesses that employ or educate expatriates.International Students❯
Arriving in a foreign country as a student isn’t easy. At Nantes Psychotherapy and Consulting Services we help those having trouble with adaptation issues.Psychotherapy and counselling for Children, Adolescents, Adults; Students and Temporary Residents Supervision and Consulting for Educators and Employers
There are many anglophones in Nantes; and non-maternal tongue anglophones who nevertheless feel more at home in English than in French. Until now, psychological help for this community has been available primarily in Paris, or over the internet.
Nantes Psychotherapy and Consulting Services
- Provides mental health support for expats and their families, international students, and other temporary or permanent English-speaking residents of Nantes. Liaison with the medical and/or psychiatric community as needed.
- Provides outreach and support for employers/educators in recognizing and responding to mental health issues in expat employees and students.
- Psychotherapy and counseling services in English:
Adaptation issues, depression, anxiety, eating disorders/addictions, stress and burn-out, isolation and loneliness- Strategic short-term counseling
- Play therapy for children
- Psychoanalytic psychotherapy (face-to-face psychotherapy based on psychoanalysis)
- Psychoanalysis (a form of in-depth psychotherapy)
Supervision and Consulting Services (in English or French):
Services for employers and educators who work with the expat community
- Assistance in understanding and recognizing specific psychological issues facing expatriates.
- Assistance in providing on-site support for international employees or students.
- Training and supervision on “Mental Health First Aid”.
- Outreach seminars and education on mental health needs of expats (adaptation, resilience).
- Development of strategies for avoiding burn-out and other mental health problems.
- Coordination with the medical and psychiatric community as needed.
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What is psychotherapy ❯
Psychotherapy is effective for a broad range of issues including relationship difficulties, depression, fears and anxiety, motivational problems, life transitions, stress, emotional trauma, sexual problems, psychosomatic difficulties, and eating disorders or addictions.
Cara Goubault ❯
Cara Goubault is an American expat who has
lived in France since 1998. Initially trained as a psychotherapist
in the United States, she obtained a second master’s degree in France
in Clinical Psychology, from the Université de Rennes 2.
Cara has been providing psychotherapy to children,
adolescents,
and adults for over 25 years
both in France and in the United
States. Read More❯