Take the Stress Out of Moving Abroad

UK (SANEPR.com) February 29, 2008 -- In an era where ever growing numbers of people are leaving their home country to live abroad for a shorter or longer period of time, this book will be a valuable asset as a guidebook on how to navigate the challenges far away from home. It aims to guide the modern day explorer on his way to a successful expatriation, giving an understanding of the integration processes that will be faced before, during and after a stay in a new culture. It provides direct advice as well as psychological thoughts on some of the universal immigrant experiences.

This is a practical, self-help guide to long-term travelling. It provides advice on how to settle in another culture, and gives answers to some of the questions that arise on the journey into a new life.

The text is firmly based on the fundamentals of psychological insights and practical advice, interspersed with personal and historical anecdotes. It deals with the reasons why we embark on the journey, and outlines some of the considerations that most immigrants will experience during their stay in their new life, including "coming back" and receiving visitors from your old life. Finally, it reflects on the mindset of the immigrant who returns for good to his old country after years abroad.

Based on the author's considerable personal experience of integration and professional knowledge of psychology, this book will be of use to a wide spectrum of travellers, as well as those who are left behind.




About the Author:

Lars K. Hansen is born in Denmark in 1965. He works as a consultant psychiatrist in the NHS in the UK, along with running a private practice. He writes for popular magazines, and has recently made television documentaries on various psychiatric issues (Channel 4 and the BBC). He appears regularly on BBC Radio Solent to comment on psychological topics such as relationships, happiness and self-esteem. He is also an accredited Cognitive Behavioural psychotherapist with a special interest in psychosis.

Dr Hansen won the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ international psychotherapy prize in 2002. His research mainly focuses on the treatment of patients with schizophrenia and differences between the EU countries’ training of doctors. He has written over 40 scientific articles and a number of chapters in psychiatric textbooks. In 2004 he was awarded a doctorate of medicine by the University of Southampton. He reviews articles and books for academic journals, and has presented his work at numerous meetings and conferences around the world.

During undergraduate training at Copenhagen Medical School he spent a gap year in New Zealand as a professional tennis coach. After graduating and spending a few years working in Copenhagen hospitals, he left Denmark to spend 18 months in France, first at the Sorbonne University and then as a junior doctor in a Parisian Hospital. He has worked as a village GP in Norway four times for shorter periods of time during the 1990s. In 1996 he moved from Paris to England, where he trained to become a consultant psychiatrist.

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A copy of this book can be ordered from Matador Books at:

http://www.troubador.co.uk/book_info.asp?bookid=447

and from Amazon.co.uk at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Destination-Integration-Travelling-Successful-Immigration/dp/1906221030/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204142098&sr=8-1

Contact Details:

Author: Dr. Lars K. Hansen
E-mail: lh4@soton.ac.uk