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Coaching for expats · London · Birmingham · Online
Coaching for expats
For people living and working abroad, or newly back in the UK, who are dealing with isolation, a changed sense of identity, strain at home or a career that moved countries with them. Private one-to-one coaching online across time zones, or in person in London and Birmingham.
What expats bring to coaching
A move abroad is usually planned around a job, a school or a visa. The personal side rarely gets the same attention, and that is what expats most often want to talk about.
Isolation in a new country
The job started on day one, but friendships, routines and a sense of belonging take far longer. Coaching gives you a regular space to talk in English and a plan for building a life outside work.
Who you are without your old setting
Leaving behind family, friends and the version of yourself people knew, and not yet feeling at home in the new place.
A relationship under strain
One partner thriving in the role that brought you here, the other having given up work or friends to come.
The accompanying partner’s career
Putting your own work on hold for someone else’s posting, and wondering how to restart it.
Working across cultures
Leading or working with teams whose expectations, directness and hours differ from what you are used to.
Coming home, or not
Deciding whether to stay, move on or return to the UK, and finding that home has changed while you were away.
How I work with expats
Expat coaching runs almost entirely online, so the sessions are built for that. You join from home or the office on Zoom, FaceTime or phone, and the structure matches a session in my London room: a clear focus, an honest conversation and an action to take before the next appointment.
Moving countries tends to unsettle several things at once: work, relationships, routine and your sense of where you belong. Sessions help you separate them, decide which needs attention first and make steady progress instead of feeling overwhelmed by all of it together.
I use practical coaching methods and NLP techniques, with hypnotherapy available for stress, sleep or confidence if you choose it. I can’t advise on visas, tax or employment law in another country; those belong with local specialists. Coaching covers the personal side that no relocation package includes.
You may also want to read about online coaching, coaching for international clients and life transition coaching. If a return to the UK means looking for new work, see career change.
What a session looks like
You choose a time that suits your time zone, join from somewhere quiet and talk through what has happened since last time. The session settles on one issue, works through it properly and ends with an agreed step. Email and text support between sessions means you aren’t waiting a week to talk when something comes up.
Living with uncertainty
Recorded in 2022, this video looks at living with uncertainty: the pandemic, politics, war. Your brain dislikes not knowing, and uncertainty can feed anxiety, isolation and low mood. I explain how to work with that fear. Coaching helps you focus on what you can control.
Captions are available on YouTube.
Time zones, fees and practicalities
Working with a coach in another country raises practical questions. These are the answers.
- Time zones. Sessions run 9:00 to 18:30 UK time, Monday to Friday, which overlaps the working day across Europe, the Middle East and India and the morning on the east coast of the USA. Weekends are available on request.
- Fees in pounds sterling. Fees are published in pounds and paid directly by bank transfer, PayPal or card. The price is the same as in person.
- Private. What you say stays confidential. Your employer, your partner’s employer and any relocation provider have no involvement.
- In person when you’re in the UK. If you visit or move back, sessions can switch to 1 Harley Street or Edgbaston, and back to online when you leave.
Clients join from across Europe, the Middle East, the USA and India, and every session is in English. You book and pay directly, with no agency in between.
What changes for expats
A life outside work
You build routines, friendships and interests in your new country, so the place you live becomes more than somewhere to sleep between working days.
A settled sense of identity
You make peace with being from one place and living in another, and stop feeling that you belong fully to neither.
Stronger relationships at home
You learn to talk openly with your partner about what the move has cost and given each of you, and to share the load more fairly.
A clear decision about where next
Stay, move on or return: you weigh it up properly and plan the move, instead of letting the end of a contract decide for you.
Typical patterns
These are common patterns, not individual client stories. Details always differ, and nothing about any client is shared.
The executive on assignment
Sent abroad for a two or three-year role, busy at work and lonely outside it. Sessions on building a life, managing across cultures and planning the return.
The accompanying partner
Moved for a partner’s job, gave up a career and is now unsure who they are in the new place. Sessions on identity, confidence and restarting work.
The returning expat
Back in the UK after years away and finding it harder than expected. Sessions on reverse culture shock, career and reconnecting with old friends.
Coaching for expats online, in London and in Birmingham
Birmingham
Quadrant Court, Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston B15Close to Five Ways, a short taxi ride from New Street.
Online
Zoom, FaceTime or phone, anywhere in the UK or abroad, with the same structure as sessions in the room.
Format and fees
Sessions are 90 minutes, weekly or fortnightly, and online costs the same as in person. Fees are in pounds sterling and published below, and you book and pay directly.
Free call
30 minutes
By phone, before you commit to anything.
Discovery session
£165
One 90-minute introductory session, with no obligation to continue.
Five, eight or twelve sessions
£975 to £1,980
Every session 90 minutes, with support between sessions.
Payment plans
By agreement
Spread the cost of a package. The same fees apply online.
What clients say
Reviews published on this site, word for word.
I highly recommend Stuart. 10/10 experience. Right from the beginning he made me feel so comfortable and he seemed to genuinely care about what I had to say.
Having already had talking therapy previously I found Stuart’s approach fresh and efficient.
Qualifications
- Advanced Master Practitioner of NLP (DNLP)
- Master Practitioner of NLP (MPNLP)
- Psychotherapist (MNACHP)
- Master Hypnotist (DMH)
- EMDR Practitioner
- PSY-TAP Practitioner
- ADHD-CCSP
- Enhanced DBS
Questions expats ask about coaching
Can I have sessions from anywhere in the world?
Yes, as long as you have a stable internet connection or a phone line. Sessions run on Zoom, FaceTime or phone, in English. Clients join from Europe, the Middle East, the USA and India, and times are arranged around your time zone.
What currency do I pay in?
Fees are in pounds sterling. You can pay by bank transfer, PayPal or card, and your bank or card provider may add a conversion fee. Packages are paid in advance or at the first session of the package.
Can you help me decide whether to move back to the UK?
Yes. Sessions help you weigh up what you would gain and lose, what your family wants and what returning would mean for your career, then plan the move or the decision to stay. Practical matters such as tax or visas belong with specialist advisers.
My partner is the one struggling with the move. Can they have coaching?
Yes. Coaching is one-to-one, so your partner would book their own sessions, and what they say would stay confidential, including from you. The free 30-minute call is open to them in the same way, so they can judge the fit for themselves.
What if the time difference is large?
Sessions run on weekdays between 9:00 and 18:30 UK time, with weekends on request, so there is usually a slot early or late in your own day. For the west coast of the USA the overlap is narrow, and a weekend session may suit better. Tell me where you are on the free call.
Start with a free 30-minute call
You describe the problem. I tell you whether coaching is the right tool and how I’d approach it. If it isn’t, I’ll tell you that too. No obligation, and I reply within 24 hours.
- You send the formName, number and a line or two about what’s going on.
- I reply within 24 hoursBy phone or email, whichever you prefer, to book a time.
- A free 30-minute callYou decide afterwards. No obligation, no follow-up pressure.
Still deciding?
“I highly recommend Stuart. 10/10 experience. Right from the beginning he made me feel so comfortable and he seemed to genuinely care about what I had to say.”