Mending Mind

Are you a therapist working with expats/internationals, or perhaps an expat yourself navigating the mental health journey? Put your feet up, uncork that bottle of wine you've been saving, and let me take you on a 20-minute exploration into "Expat-Informed Psychotherapy: A Deeper Dive into Cross-Cultural Mental Health Care". 🌍🍷

But if you're short on time, here's the gist: "An expat-informed approach to therapy is, at its heart, an exercise in cross-cultural translation, seeking to bridge the gaps and create a shared understanding that respects and values the expat's unique cultural and linguistic context, whilst also nurturing the psychic nature that binds us all".

There’s still a lot to research and figure out. So let's work together to share knowledge and best practices as it is not the purview of any one researcher or practitioner, but an endeavor we can only collectively understand. Cheers to that!

Expat-Informed Psychotherapy: A Deeper Dive into Cross-Cultural Mental Health Care 1. Introduction 2. Understanding the Expat Experience 3. The Expat's Migration History & Its Effects 4. Culture, Language, and Mental Health 5. Key Therapeutic Topics in Expat-Informed Psychotherapy 6. The Role of Attachment and Belonging 7. Family Dynamics and Relationships 8. Healthcare Navigation...

An upcoming HBO series on Third Culture Kids.
"Perhaps because this life is characteristically slippery, it’s struggled to become clearly defined in the culture, even in fictional stories, suited though they are to crafting imagined worlds. Ironically, while most TCKs cite the ability to relate to nearly everyone, their own narratives suffer a relatability problem, perhaps because their youthful experiences, relegated wholly to remembrance and recollection, are in many ways too singular and strange-seeming to others."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/t-magazine/luca-guadagnino-third-culture-kids.html

Finding a Place for Third-Culture Kids in the Culture In his new HBO series, the filmmaker Luca Guadagnino revisits a timeless yet timely question: What does it mean to be from everywhere and nowhere at once?

This.

Image description: a tweet from saying "We really need to stop trying to carry out every single meeting, task, and activity online. Some things just need to be let go. 'Flattening the curve' also involves "lowering the bar" and prioritizing wellbeing above productivity."

"What a caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly". In times of crises, suffering abounds. Where some may suffer psychological breakdowns, others eventually thrive and have mental breakthroughs (something Nassim Taleb defines as being anti-fragile).
This video shares some ideas on how to fortify the mind in times of crisis:

How to Fortify the Mind in Times of Crisis Become a Supporting Member (Join us with Paypal or Credit Card) Learn More here ► http://academyofideas.com/members/ **Gain access to our growing library of ...