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Counseling for Third Culture Kids & global families

You deserve to feel rooted.

I help Third Culture Kids, expat families, and globally mobile adults make sense of transition, grief, identity, and belonging, from someone who has lived it, not just studied it.

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Dr. Maya Ellison, outdoors at golden hour
Dr. Maya Ellison
PhD, Licensed Professional Counselor
Adult TCK · raised in Kenya, Malaysia & the U.S.
Sessions in English & Swahili · Online worldwide
14+
Years in practice
6
Countries lived in
300+
Global families served
100%
Online & timezone-friendly
About Maya

I’m not going to ask you where you’re from.

“The hardest part of a globally mobile childhood isn’t the moving. It’s the grief nobody names.”

By the time I was eighteen I had lived in six countries, said goodbye to four best friends, and learned to answer “where are you from?” with whatever was easiest for the person asking. It took me years, and good counseling, to understand what all that movement had built in me, and what it had cost.

Today I work exclusively with the globally mobile: Third Culture Kids and the adults they become, parents raising children across cultures, and the teachers, member care workers, and organizations who support them. My practice is trauma-informed, attachment-focused, and unapologetically practical.

Wherever you are in the world, we can work together. Every session is online, scheduled around your timezone.

Services

How we can work together

Every engagement starts with a free 20-minute call so we can decide, together, whether I’m the right fit.

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Individual counseling

One-on-one sessions for TCKs and adult TCKs working through unresolved grief, identity questions, restlessness, relationships, and the quiet weight of a life lived in many places.

Teens · Adults · 50 min
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Family transition support

For families in the middle of a move, before, during, or after. We build a family transition plan, name the losses honestly, and set every member up to land well.

Families · 75 min
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Workshops & consulting

Training for international schools, agencies, and member care teams: transition programs, TCK-informed classrooms, and caring for globally mobile staff and their kids.

Schools · Organizations
Stories

What clients say

Shared with permission. Names changed to protect privacy.

“Maya was the first counselor who didn’t need my childhood explained. I stopped translating my life and started actually working on it.”

ADULT TCK, 34 · RAISED IN 5 COUNTRIES

“Our repatriation was unraveling our teenager. Three months of family sessions changed the entire tone of our home.”

PARENT · RECENTLY REPATRIATED

“Her staff workshop was the single most useful PD our school has done on transitions. Teachers still quote it.”

HEAD OF SCHOOL · INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, ASIA
Contact

Start with a free intro call

Twenty minutes, no obligation. We’ll talk about what’s going on and whether working together makes sense.

  • Email: [email protected]
  • Sessions: Online worldwide, timezone-friendly hours
  • Response time: within 2 business days
Book your intro call
Send a short note about who the session is for and roughly where in the world you are. I’ll reply with times that work in your timezone.
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