Online Counselling in English

Closing the Wound is an online counselling practice for adults and couples in Myanmar and Thailand. Sessions are in English, with a US-trained, master’s-level therapist based in Yangon. You can start with a free 15-minute intro call.

Who Sessions Are For

Adults and couples living in Myanmar or Thailand who want to talk in English. Clients include both expats and locals: people from Myanmar and Thailand who work or study in English, and people who have moved to the region.

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What Counselling Can Help With

  • Complex trauma (C-PTSD). The lasting effects of repeated or prolonged trauma, such as trouble managing emotions, a harsh view of yourself, or difficulty staying close to others.
  • Anxiety. Worry, tension or panic that gets in the way of work, sleep or relationships.
  • Depression. Low mood or loss of interest that does not lift.
  • Life transitions. A move, a new role, a loss or the end of a relationship, including adjusting to life in a new country.
  • Couples and relationships. Recurring conflict, distance or a breach of trust, worked on together or on your own.

Therapy Approaches

Sessions are integrative, drawing on several approaches according to what you bring:

  • Narrative therapy: looking at the stories you tell about your life, and finding ones that fit you better.
  • Somatic work: attention to body sensations alongside thoughts and feelings, drawn from Somatic Experiencing.
  • Parts work: understanding the conflicting parts of yourself, drawn from Internal Family Systems (IFS).
  • CBT techniques and mindfulness: practical tools for noticing and changing patterns of thought and attention.

Training

Sessions are with a US-trained, master’s-level therapist who has further training in Somatic Experiencing and in parts work. About the practice gives the full background.

Fees

SessionFee
Intro call, 15 minutesFree
60-minute session250,000 MMK or 2,000 THB
90-minute session350,000 MMK or 2,700 THB

Couples and families are the same price.

Getting Started

Email closingthewound@gmail.com to arrange a free 15-minute intro call or a first session. A short message is enough. Please leave out clinical details. If you need help urgently, see Emergency contacts.

How to start therapy explains what happens in the intro call and the first sessions.