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title: "Reflections | Therapy in English in Barcelona"
description: "Short pieces by Clara Solà Niubó on the emotional side of moving to Barcelona, living in another language and building a life abroad."
source: https://therapyinenglish.barcelona/reflections/
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# Reflections

Short pieces about some of the experiences that often come up in therapy with international clients living in Barcelona: belonging, loneliness, identity, relationships, work, and the gap between the life they expected and the one they are actually living.

- [This is not really me](/reflections/this-is-not-really-me/) — 1 August 2026  
  Living in another country can unsettle identity in ways that are difficult to anticipate. Feeling less capable, less articulate or less yourself does not mean your former self has disappeared.
- [The (apparently) impossible task of building a social network… that holds](/reflections/building-a-social-network/) — 1 July 2026  
  In an international city, the friends you work hard to make keep leaving. After a few departures, starting again can feel depleting — and that weariness is not a lack of openness.
- [Life back home goes on](/reflections/life-back-home-goes-on/) — 1 June 2026  
  Moving abroad means expecting to miss people. What is harder to anticipate is how literally life back home carries on without you — and what that does to those relationships.
- [Working from home… but where is everybody?](/reflections/working-from-home/) — 1 May 2026  
  Remote work gives you freedom, but when you have just moved to Barcelona it can quietly remove the unplanned encounters that build a social life.
- [The life you chose… and then, not so much](/reflections/the-life-you-chose/) — 1 April 2026  
  Moving to Barcelona can look very good from the outside. What often arrives later — once the practical part is done — is quieter and harder to name.