Everything is exhausting
Language, paperwork, unwritten rules. You were competent at home, here you feel like a beginner.
Counseling & therapy in English · In Munich and online
Arriving takes more than finding an apartment.
For international students, expats and families who live in Germany for a while, or for good. And for everyone coming back home after years abroad.
I spent two years in Shenzhen, China, completing my master’s in psychology and counseling international students, and a year working in Australia. I know that in the first months every task takes twice the energy and time. And home can feel further away than the map says.
Franziska EulenlehnerDoes this sound familiar?
Lonely in a busy city
Colleagues and classmates are friendly, but real friendships take longer than you expected.
Who am I here?
You moved for your partner’s job and put your own career on hold. Or your studies define you more than you want.
Between two cultures
Expectations from family back home, a partner from a different culture, values that suddenly clash.
Homesick, or unsure where home is
Missing people and places, or the feeling of not fully belonging anywhere anymore.
Coming back is hard, too
After years abroad, home has changed, and so have you. Reverse culture shock is real.
Who I work with
International studentsPressure to perform in a foreign academic system, isolation, visa-linked stress, decisions about staying or leaving after graduation.
ExpatsAdjusting to work and life in Germany, the role of the accompanying partner, relationships under the strain of a move.
Children and teens in expat familiesA new school, a new language, friends left behind. Growing up between cultures – with occasional sessions for parents where helpful.
How we can work together
Sessions in English or German. If culture itself is part of the topic, we look at it openly, without assuming whose way is the right one.
- Counseling and Psychotherapy (HeilprG)When anxiety, low mood or exhaustion have taken hold.
- OnlineBefore your move, while you travel, or after you have left.
- WorkshopsFor universities and international schools; in person and online.
Book a first call online
Pick a free slot for the free introductory phone call.
Good to know
Sessions are paid privately. Statutory health insurance (gesetzliche Krankenkasse) does not cover them. Some private and supplementary insurances reimburse part of the cost; please check with yours. All sessions are confidential. For children and teenagers under 18, a parent or guardian needs to agree.
In a crisis
My practice does not offer emergency care. If you need help right now, call the Krisendienst Psychiatrie Bayern (0800 655 3000) or, in an emergency, 112.