Nearly 40% of international assignments end early — rarely because of the role, almost always because of the human cost underneath. I work with organisations to support relocating employees and their families — the partners and children who carry the move alongside the role, and who so often decide whether it holds.
I know what it feels like to leave everything behind. I've relocated multiple times across continents — building a life, losing a network, starting over. I know what it costs a relationship when one person is thriving at work and the other is falling apart. I know the particular loneliness of being the capable one who's supposed to be fine.
I'm an expat myself — from Australia, now based in London. That lived experience sits alongside twenty years working across education, health, and clinical psychotherapy. Working with expats across Hong Kong, Zurich, Dubai, London — the faces changed, but the story rarely did. Identity loss. Relationship strain. The partner who gave up a career and doesn't know who they are anymore. The family holding it together on the surface while strain builds underneath.
I started researching this formally because I needed to understand it more deeply. What I found in the data confirmed what I'd been seeing repeatedly in my private practice: a failed international assignment can cost an organisation up to $1.25 million per assignee — and the majority of those failures aren't logistical. They're relational.
The solution isn't complicated. It's just rarely offered. Psychological preparation before the move, and sustained support through everything that comes after.
That's what I've built. And it works.
Psychological preparation before an international move, and structured support through the months after — for the employee, their partner, and their children.
Learn moreThe biggest single predictor of a failed assignment is a partner who can’t settle. Dedicated, individual support for the partner who carries much of the move’s hidden cost — often a career, a network, and a sense of who they are.
Learn moreFor those who think more clearly in motion. Confidential sessions side-by-side — through London’s parks — away from the desk.
Learn moreConfidential one-to-one psychotherapy for senior leaders carrying pressure.
Learn moreOngoing support is available beyond the structured programmes where it's needed.
Reach out through the form and Bianca will be in touch to arrange a discreet, no-obligation conversation about what you're facing and whether the fit is right.
Together we map what the move is really asking of you and your family — the practical upheaval and the emotional one — and agree a clear plan of support with defined goals.
Sessions for the employee and their family, before and after the move — each one leaving you with something concrete: a strategy, a tool, or a way through what's in front of you.
We close deliberately — making sure the family has found its footing and the support has done its work, so the move holds long after our sessions end.
"Whether I'm working with one person or a whole family, we go straight to what the move is really costing — and rebuild the ground beneath it, so the assignment holds and the people in it do too." — Bianca Louise
Having been on the edge of divorce, Bee has brought us back together. Her direct but warm style, clear communication, and focus on pragmatic steps gave us a fresh perspective and a new beginning. We will be forever grateful.
Our sessions felt like a blend of psychology and coaching. I tried the Walk and Talk in St James's Park and it quickly became something I looked forward to — I'd leave feeling lighter, understood, and inspired.
Working with Bee has been genuinely transformative. She balances compassion with thoughtful challenge, and I've developed a much stronger sense of clarity, purpose, and self-assurance through our work together.
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Support is scoped to each assignment. A full relocation support programme — psychological preparation before the move plus structured support through the months after — starts from £5,000 (two to three days of immersive work plus six to eight weeks of remote support). Fees for partner support and ongoing work are agreed at your consultation.
Most relocation support is logistical — housing, schools, visas, shipping. That all matters, but it isn't what makes assignments fail. This work addresses the human side: the identity loss, the relationship strain, the partner who has given up a career, the family finding its feet in a new country. It's rooted in clinical psychology, and it's the part of the move that's rarely planned for — and where assignments succeed or fail.
In person at the Wimpole Street consulting room in London; Walk & Talk through London's royal parks or along the Abu Dhabi corniche; online for employees and families worldwide across most time zones; and in-residence or on-site support, available globally by arrangement.
Absolutely — discretion is the foundation of this work, and especially so when a move affects the whole family and an employer is involved. Confidentiality holds within the standard legal and ethical limits (such as serious risk of harm), which we'll set out clearly at the outset.
Complete the contact form below and Bianca will be in touch to arrange a confidential consultation — a direct conversation about what your people and their families are facing, the right approach, and whether the fit is right.
If your organisation relocates employees internationally, the human side of that move is rarely planned for — and it's where assignments succeed or fail, long after the contract is signed. I work with companies to change that.
The first step is a conversation. Tell me a little about your organisation and what you're looking for, and we'll arrange a call to discuss how this could work for your people. A tailored proposal follows from there.
Every enquiry is read personally by Bianca, and treated in complete confidence.
You lead, you deliver, you carry the weight — and from the outside it looks effortless. But the pressure is real, the isolation is real, and the patterns running underneath are quietly shaping your decisions. You don't want conversations that circle. You want the right questions, real insight, and a strategy that holds under load.
This work is built for senior leaders, founders, and high-stakes professionals. The higher you climb, the fewer people you can be fully honest with — and the more it costs. Our work is directive, intensive, and change-driven, and it stays entirely confidential.
We locate the patterns underneath the pressure, examine how your wiring interacts with the demands of your role, and build a clear, actionable path forward — sharper decisions, steadier relationships, and resilience that lasts. Sessions take place at Wimpole Street, walking through London's parks, or online worldwide.
High-stakes change tests even the most capable leaders — scaling, restructuring, a board in conflict, a crisis no one prepared you for. I work with leaders and leadership teams in two ways: steady ongoing sessions, or an intensive programme for those who need to move deeper, faster.
Ongoing sessions run online or in person at my Wimpole Street consulting room — structured, directive, and focused on measurable progress, not open-ended conversation.
The Intensive Programme is two to three days of deep, structured work at a private location — away from the noise of the everyday environment — followed by six to eight weekly remote stabilisation sessions. Available globally, from £5,000. We work on decision-making under pressure, physiological regulation through breathwork and somatic principles, communication recalibration, and rebuilding the patterns that quietly cap performance.
Using pattern analysis, behavioural interpretation, and physiological regulation — all tailored to your situation — we address the pressure points, rebuild composure and clarity, and restore decisive, authentic leadership under load.
Some of the clearest thinking happens away from the desk. Walk & Talk sessions take place side by side through St James's Park, Hyde Park, or Regent's Park — out of the office, out of the boardroom, in open air.
The rhythm of walking regulates the nervous system, making it easier to think laterally and decompress from constant pressure. It's the same directive, strategic work — simply held outdoors.
We meet at St James's Park, Hyde Park, or Regent's Park and walk an unhurried route. Everything remains as confidential as a room-based session; if the weather turns, we move to Wimpole Street or online without losing the thread.
Nearly 40% of international assignments end early — and the reason is rarely the job. Relocation moves more than an org chart: a posting abroad can quietly unsettle identity, relationships, and family, even as the role demands you perform from day one. I work with you, and where needed your family, to steady the ground beneath a life lived across borders — so the move, and the leader, hold.
As an expat myself, and with a Masters in progress researching long-term expatriation, I understand the particular strain of leading while everything around you keeps moving — new systems, fractured support networks, and a family adjusting at a different pace than you. The work is practical and entirely free of textbook fluff.
We address the patterns underneath the strain, steady your sense of identity through the transition, and rebuild communication and connection across the household — so the life you've moved for actually holds together.
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