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Welcome to Switzerland
We Support International Individuals and Families during
their Transition and Adaptation to Switzerland

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"Switzerland is my home now. Really?"

Living Cultures Workshop

 
A Workshop for International People:
Newcomers and settled expatriates


Our participants came from France, Ireland, Great Britain, Spain, Israel, Italy, Switzerland, South Africa, Jordan, Mexico, Peru, Germany, Austria, Hong Kong, U.S.A. Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Brazil, Russia, Belgium, Netherlands and more.  You are welcome too!

Moving to another country exposes you to new cultures, new customs, new rules, a new environment, and new people. Many things are different than what you were used to where you lived before. How do you help yourself cope with this change and learn to benefit from these new experiences? Learn how by participating in this workshop with other women who are having similar experiences during the various stages of settling into and living in a new country.

Our Living Cultures workshop groups are small (usually 10-15 participants), comprised of women from many different cultures, and have been carefully designed to enhance your cross-cultural knowledge, understanding, and competence.  The workshop atmosphere is both friendly and fun as well as caring and supportive.  Each group creates its own dynamics according to participants' goals, needs, and involvement.  Many past participants have found the Living Cultures workshop to be a source of lasting friendships!
 
Participants in our workshop will:
 
  • Learn that cross-cultural adaptation is a process which takes time, and involves many
  • factors (cultural, social, personal, and communication)
  • Acquire knowledge and tools for living in another culture
  • Develop a cross-cultural network of acquaintances
  • Begin to identify and plan for ways to continue to develop personally from this cross
  • cultural living experience
 
Workshop Leaders:

MONICA REPPAS-SCHMID Partner and Trainer (Swiss) holds Swiss primary and secondary teaching degrees, as well as a Masters Degree in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University in New England.  Her specialty is cross-cultural training and life adjustment for families living abroad and teachers' training.  Born in La Paz, Bolivia, she has lived, studied, and worked in South America, the United States, and Switzerland.  Monica is married to an American and they have three children.  

KATHRYN BARD Co-Trainer (American) is a Board Certified Art Therapist and Child Life Specialist who has worked for nearly 20 years with adults and children from many cultures in New York.  Kathryn has a university degree in Psychology and a Masters degree in Art Therapy from New York University.  Kathryn moved to Switzerland 6 years ago with her American husband.  They have two young children and a bilingual household, French and English.

For more information, mailto  inquiry@livingcultures.ch

 

 

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