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A blog about the good expat life
by Henriette Johnsen
Welcome to my blog! Here you’ll find everything from guides on various aspects of Danish culture to personal accounts from other expats - and most importantly, an in-depth look at some of the psychological challenges of expat life. I hope you will use these blog posts to enhance your expat experience.
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Healing After Infidelity: a Guide for Expats
Navigating the Difficult Terrain of Betrayal and Recovery Infidelity is a challenging topic, often evoking deep emotional responses and...
Henriette Johnsen
Feb 244 min read
The missing piece - struggles of trailing spouses
For lack of a better term and fully aware that many consider it derogatory and an indication of a life without responsibility, direction...
Henriette Johnsen
Apr 21, 20246 min read
How to effectively navigate disagreements, conflicts, and crises in your romantic relationship?
Many, if not most, couples experience disagreements, conflicts, and crises at some stage of their relationship. These can break trust,...
Henriette Johnsen
Feb 5, 20245 min read
For love-pats and partners hereof: bringing your loved one home...
... unfortunately, isn't always the adventure that you had hoped it to be. This blogpost will explore why and what to do to prevent...
Henriette Johnsen
Nov 15, 20237 min read
In relationships, conflicts are personal development waiting to happen - for both partners!
In my practice, I see lots of couples. Couples who love each other, hurt each other, keep fighting for the relationship, keep having the...
Henriette Johnsen
Oct 10, 20236 min read
Do you speak any love languages?
As a couple's therapist working with couples of all ages and genders, across many cultures, religions, and nationalities, I recognise...
Henriette Johnsen
Feb 12, 20234 min read
Enhance the emotional connection with your partner
Couples meeting each other with criticism, defensiveness, contempt, stone walling as well as lack of positive emotional connection face...
Henriette Johnsen
Jan 9, 20232 min read
Expat couples - co-dependency or dependency?
Co-dependency in an expat relationship is not necessarily the same as an unhealthy co-dependent relationship. And perhaps it shouldn't...
Henriette Johnsen
Feb 12, 20213 min read
Expat spouse dependency - Anna's story
I met my Danish husband while we were both working abroad. The nature of our work was not such that we would stay there permanently. We...
Henriette Johnsen
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Expat spouse dependency - Camilla's experience
I love living overseas with my husband and our infant daughter. I’ve been an expat wife for one and a half year now and it’s one of the...
Henriette Johnsen
Jan 21, 20213 min read
Codependency in expat couples
One of the biggest challenges of the expat adventure and most vital to successful outcome of the expatriation contract is the wellbeing...
Henriette Johnsen
Jan 21, 20217 min read
Divorcing abroad, and what is a stuck parent?
Expat life can be testing on any marriage, and studies show that nearly 70% of all failed international assignments are due to “marital...
Henriette Johnsen
Jan 16, 20214 min read
How do you keep your relationship fit to survive the lockdown?
With the Danish government having introduced a national lockdown, many couples and families begin to feel the strain of having swopped...
Henriette Johnsen
Mar 22, 20205 min read
Enhance your relationship and expat life with couples therapy!
Couples expat life challenges therapy counselling
Henriette Johnsen
Sep 17, 20195 min read
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