Is my English good enough for this?

If you can read this page comfortably, yes. Sessions are conversational, not literary — and Rose works with non-native speakers every day. You will never be corrected or judged on your English; it's a tool, not a test.

Why would I pay privately when the public system exists?

Different tools for different jobs. The public system provides medical and psychological care; coaching is structured skills work — practical tools for anxiety, mood, sleep habits, and life transitions, on your schedule, without a referral chain or waiting list. Many clients use both. If what you need is clinical care, Rose will tell you that directly rather than sell you coaching.

My doctor referred me. Does Rose report back to them?

No. Nothing about your conversations goes back to your doctor unless you choose to share it yourself. Some clients like keeping their doctor in the loop and do so themselves — that's entirely your call. There are no shared records in either direction.

If you're based in Croatia, sessions are €90 for 50 minutes, paid one at a time — a limited local rate, no package required. Clients based outside Croatia work from the standard menu: fixed-scope packages from €720 (4 sessions, including a 90-minute intake) to €1,800 (14 sessions), or a single session on its own for €180. Whichever fits, the price is posted up front — no surprises on the call — and the Discovery Call itself is free.

I'm an expat — or I'd rather work in English than my own language. Is this for me?

Yes. The expat side of the practice — visa stress, adjustment, cross-cultural identity, the honeymoon-is-over months — runs through the Life Transitions specialty, and Croatia-based clients have the easiest logistics in the practice: same time zone, same legal system on the invoice. That includes Austrian and German speakers on the coast who'd simply rather do this work in English than in their own language. Same welcome, same Discovery Call.

Anxiety & mood coaching · in Croatia

Get steady again — in English, from the Croatian coast.

Rose is an American skills coach living on the Adriatic — practical, non-clinical work for anxiety and mood, taught in English. It's for the people around her: Croatians who'd rather work outside the local system, expats building a life on the coast, and Austrian- and German-speaking neighbours who'd sooner do this in English than in their own language.

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Who you’d be working with

Trained for this.

Rose’s path here runs through more than a decade of clinical training and practice — graduate training at Santa Clara University and years inside Dr. David Burns’ TEAM-CBT group at Stanford, the home of the measurement-driven framework.

Graduate training — Santa Clara University TEAM-CBT

TEAM-CBT — years in Dr. Burns’ Stanford group

Referred by your doctor?

Your doctor gave you a card? Start here.

Welcome. Your doctor thought skills-based coaching might help with what you’re carrying — the anxiety, the mood swings, the sleep, the season of life that’s louder than your current tools. Coaching is practical work: in structured sessions, you build specific skills, practice them, and keep them.

The first step is a free 20-minute video call — no payment details, no commitment. You talk with Rose about what’s going on; she tells you honestly whether this is the right tool for it. What you discuss stays between you and Rose — nothing goes back to your doctor unless you choose to share it yourself.

Sessions are in English. Comfortable conversational English is all you need — you don’t have to be perfect, and you won’t be judged on it.

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For locals

You don’t need an expat story to be here.

Most of this site talks about moving abroad, because that’s where the practice started. But anxiety, low mood, overwhelm, and the midlife season don’t require a relocation — and a growing part of Rose’s work is with Croatians who never went anywhere.

Working in English with someone outside your own social fabric has a specific advantage in a small country: distance. No mutual acquaintances, no waiting room you might be seen in, no small-town calculus about who knows what. Just structured, private, skills-based work — by video, from wherever you are.

Sessions are in English (Rose’s Croatian is a work in progress — she’ll say so herself). Comfortable conversational English is genuinely enough.

By place

The shape of it varies by city.

Split isn’t Zagreb isn’t Zadar — for locals or for expats. Where you are shapes what you’re dealing with.

Split & the Dalmatian coast

Rose's home ground. A seasonal economy with a real off-season quiet, a growing remote-work scene, and — for locals — a small-city social fabric where everyone knows everyone, which cuts both ways when you're struggling. Working with someone outside that fabric, in English, is part of the appeal for many local clients.

Zagreb

The capital's professional class runs on the same overwork patterns as any European capital, with a local twist: multigenerational obligations, housing pressure, and careers that straddle Croatian and international employers. Both locals and the city's expat community book from here.

Zadar, Rijeka & the rest of the coast

Smaller scenes, thinner English-speaking infrastructure, and often the strongest reason to work online: the option simply doesn't exist locally in English. Sessions are by video; geography stops mattering.

Istria

The most internationalized corner of the country — expats, returnees, Austrian and German second-home owners, and cross-border lives into Italy and Slovenia. Plenty of clients here speak fine Croatian or German but still choose to do this work in English. Cross-cultural identity work comes up more here than anywhere else in Croatia.

The local rate

A rate for people based in Croatia.

If you live in Croatia, a session is €90for 50 minutes — paid one at a time, no package required. It’s a local rate, held deliberately below the international price, and Rose keeps a small number of these places open at any one time.

Sessions are online by video. If you’re in or near Opatija, you can also arrange to meet Rose in person — just ask when you book.

Local rate · Croatia

Limited places

€90

per 50-minute session · pay as you go

No package or commitment — book one session at a time
Online by video, or in person in Opatija on request
Croatian-law fiscalized invoice, JIR included
The Discovery Call itself is always free

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Honest about scope

What coaching is — and where it hands off.

Coaching is non-clinical, skills-based work. There is no diagnosis here, and it is not a substitute for licensed care. If what you’re carrying needs a licensed professional in Croatia, Rose will say so plainly — your GP (liječnik obiteljske medicine) is the standard starting point for a referral into the public system.

If you are in crisis right now, please don’t wait for a Discovery Call: the crisis resources page lists Croatian lines, including Plavi telefon.

Frequently asked

Common questions

Is my English good enough for this?: If you can read this page comfortably, yes. Sessions are conversational, not literary — and Rose works with non-native speakers every day. You will never be corrected or judged on your English; it's a tool, not a test.
Why would I pay privately when the public system exists?: Different tools for different jobs. The public system provides medical and psychological care; coaching is structured skills work — practical tools for anxiety, mood, sleep habits, and life transitions, on your schedule, without a referral chain or waiting list. Many clients use both. If what you need is clinical care, Rose will tell you that directly rather than sell you coaching.
My doctor referred me. Does Rose report back to them?: No. Nothing about your conversations goes back to your doctor unless you choose to share it yourself. Some clients like keeping their doctor in the loop and do so themselves — that's entirely your call. There are no shared records in either direction.
What does it cost?: If you're based in Croatia, sessions are €90 for 50 minutes, paid one at a time — a limited local rate, no package required. Clients based outside Croatia work from the standard menu: fixed-scope packages from €720 (4 sessions, including a 90-minute intake) to €1,800 (14 sessions), or a single session on its own for €180. Whichever fits, the price is posted up front — no surprises on the call — and the Discovery Call itself is free.
I'm an expat — or I'd rather work in English than my own language. Is this for me?: Yes. The expat side of the practice — visa stress, adjustment, cross-cultural identity, the honeymoon-is-over months — runs through the Life Transitions specialty, and Croatia-based clients have the easiest logistics in the practice: same time zone, same legal system on the invoice. That includes Austrian and German speakers on the coast who'd simply rather do this work in English than in their own language. Same welcome, same Discovery Call.

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