- Barbara Amalberti - Counselling for Expat, Migrants for Love - Italian and English speaking counsellor specialised in migration and expat problems.
September 12, 2023
If we chose to leave our country and move abroad, dealing with distance is part of our daily life. Everyday we face the sense of emptiness […]
February 23, 2022
Following my introductory post, I continue with more reflections on being a “migrant for love”. Let’s step back to Melbourne 1991, where you’ll find me full […]
January 26, 2022
More than thirty years have passed since that morning when, sitting quietly on the train to go to the office, my heart started beating at the […]
September 17, 2020
The inspiration for writing about expat challenges came to me from a recent chat with a friend. She has never left her hometown but was interested […]
August 11, 2020
“Where did you meet?” They ask me. “In Thailand” I answer. And I see their faces turn into the heart-shaped eyes emoticon… romantic, exotic, interesting … […]
March 17, 2016
At 20 I was in love with the world and its citizens. I left for Paris, the first stop of what will turn into years of […]
March 17, 2016
In 2003 I wasn’t happy, it is as simple as that. My tendency to self analysis had taken me to different counsellors and therapists but no one seemed […]
November 11, 2014
A year ago we were getting ready to go home for Christmas and plans for lunch, dinner and other celebrations were well on their way. I […]
September 17, 2014
Sofia, like her sister before her, started her intercontinental travelling very early in her life. The first time she flew to Italy she was three months […]
May 21, 2014
Girls don’t play football. It is aggressive, dirty and very violent. Girls are gentle, elegant and very, very fragile. Wrong! It is time to change these […]
