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May 3, 2020
3 min

Being Seen

Have you ever been in a situation when you were going about your business, moving and acting as one does when one feels nobody is looking...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Nov 6, 2019
3 min

The movement in our life

When I think about movement, I immediately think of the way the tree limbs move in the wind, the way the ocean waves punctually maintain ...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Oct 16, 2019
3 min

Patterns: A Process and a Practice

Have you ever wondered why changing patterns is often so difficult? And by patterns I mean any psychological, emotional, behavioral framew...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Aug 2, 2019
3 min

Gratitude for the body

Our body is the focus of interest for many industries. Emphasis is strategically placed on lingering self doubts that inevitably lead to ...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

May 20, 2019
2 min

Looking back, moving forward

Regardless of how many structures keep us within the firm boundaries of routine, we are in constant movement, each day and each moment di...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Apr 19, 2019
2 min

Trusting yourself

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we were born with an inherent indicator, an alarm of sorts that could gently but assertively nudge us wheneve...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Mar 25, 2019
2 min

Feeling comfortable in your skin

Few things have described the feeling of comfort, or discomfort better than the expression, "feeling comfortable inside your skin". I rem...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Mar 11, 2019
2 min

Finding comfort in discomfort

If you think about it, we are masters in dealing with discomfort. So much of our world, the inner and the outer has been framed and platf...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Feb 19, 2019
2 min

Creating space inside this moment

You may have noticed that there are days when life seems more constricted, limited and demanding than others. Things just feel crammed an...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Jan 30, 2019
3 min

Slowing it down can be very energizing

Doesn't seem as if our attention has become a very precious commodity? The moment we wake up we are instantly pulled by the countless bi...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Jan 1, 2019
2 min

Trauma's limitations

If you've lived long enough on this planet, you may have come across, at least on one occasion, an event in your life that seems to...lin...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Oct 22, 2018
1 min

Expats and Mental Health

A presentation by Isa Soler at the Barcelona International Community Day So grateful to the Ajuntament de Barcelona for inviting me to gi...

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Expat study: A look into the processes and experiences of Expat Therapists and Expat Clients.

ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Aug 9, 2018
1 min

Expat study: A look into the processes and experiences of Expat Therapists and Expat Clients.

For the last 14 months I, along with my husband and my two dogs, have been living in Barcelona, Catalunya, leaving behind our 5 acre farm...

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El Periodico, Carme Escales talks to Isa Soler about her body/mind approach to therapy.

ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Aug 9, 2018
1 min

El Periodico, Carme Escales talks to Isa Soler about her body/mind approach to therapy.

In this interview, Carme Escales from El Periodico de Catalunya talks to Isa Soler about the body's wisdom and the manner in which it im...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Aug 9, 2018
1 min

Listening to our body's wisdom

The body's role in creating, maintaining and changing our functioning is becoming more relevant and crucial in the field of mental healt...

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Releasing and integrating with EMDR: Carme Escales, El Periodico de Catalunya, speaks to Isa Soler

ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Jul 3, 2018
2 min

Releasing and integrating with EMDR: Carme Escales, El Periodico de Catalunya, speaks to Isa Soler

Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Carme Escales, journalist of El Periodico de Catalunya on the subject of EMDR. I was...

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ExpatTherapyBarcelona

Apr 24, 2018
1 min

New Beginnings

A new cycle begins. The flowers and birds return, the northern hemisphere warms with the sun and somehow the hope of new beginnings is re...

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