Multilingual Psychological Services, Dr Désirée gonzalo

Published 04.01.2019 by Expats.cz – Author: Katrina Modrá

There’s no way to sugarcoat it — being a foreigner in the Czech Republic is hard. For many of us integration is a continuous process that comes with a lot of self-doubt and constant comparisons with your country origin. As we kick off another year of Czech-language missteps and confrontations with sourpuss cashiers, Dr. Désirée Gonzalo, a Spanish clinical psychologist who has been counselling Prague’s foreign-born population for nearly a decade offers some coping strategies for a better Bohemian life in 2019: Continue reading “7 New Year’s resolutions for expats in Prague and the Czech Republic”

Published 12.03.2019 by Expats.cz – Author: Elizabeth Haas

In less than a week my daughter is going on a camping trip. Not such a big deal in and of itself, unless you consider the fact that she’s 4 and neither I nor her dad or any immediate family or friends will be going with her. Continue reading “This Czech tradition is a big win for parents (and good for kids, too)”

Published 05.12.2018 by Expats.cz – Author: Katrina Modrá

In the European advent calendar, St. Nicholas (Mikuláš) pays a visit to children during the first week of December, bearing gifts of chocolate, walnuts, and oranges to the well behaved. The patron saint of prostitutes and thieves is traditionally accompanied by a devil (Čert) and angel (Anděl ), the former whose role is to carry “naughty” kids away in his sack — the threat of which tends to keep Czech kids in line throughout the year.

Continue reading “St. Mikuláš Eve: Is this devilish holiday too scary for kids?”