Do you offer CBT in Croatia?

Yes — Rose's coaching is built on CBT, in the structured TEAM-CBT form she practised for years in Dr. David Burns' group at Stanford. Sessions are in English, online or in person near Opatija and Rijeka on request. It's coaching that teaches CBT skills, not psychotherapy: there's no diagnosis, and if what you need is clinical CBT, Rose will say so and help you find it.

Is my English good enough for this?

If you can read this page comfortably, yes. Sessions are conversational, not literary, and built for non-native speakers. 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 people 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. You can keep your doctor in the loop yourself if you want to — that's entirely your call. There are no shared records in either direction.

If you're based in Croatia, sessions are €130 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 €1,056 (4 sessions, including a 90-minute intake) to €2,664 (14 sessions), or a single session on its own for €250. 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.

CBT-based 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, low mood, communication, and navigating life’s harder seasons, taught in English.

Her method is CBT— the cognitive-behavioural approach, in the structured TEAM-CBT form she practised for years in Dr. David Burns’ group at Stanford. CBT-based help is hard to find in Croatia, and harder still in English. This is where you can get it.

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 are open to English-language work and want access to tools and approaches that go beyond what’s typically available locally.

The work is structured and CBT-based — you leave each session with something concrete to practice, not just something to think about.

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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

The method

CBT — and hard to find here.

CBT — the cognitive-behavioural approach — is one of the most studied ways of working with anxiety and low mood. In Croatia it’s in demand and in short supply, especially in English. Rose’s coaching is built on it, in the structured TEAM-CBT form developed by Dr. David Burns at Stanford — where she spent years in his group.

Catching the thoughts that drive the anxiety — and testing them, not just talking about them
Step-by-step practice facing what you've been avoiding, at a pace you set
Skills you rehearse between sessions, so the change happens in your week
Your mood measured at every session, so you can see whether it's working

What TEAM-CBT is →

To be precise: this is coaching that teaches CBT skills. It isn’t psychotherapy and involves no diagnosis. If you need CBT as clinical care, Rose will tell you so and help you find it.

Referred by your doctor?

Your doctor gave you a referral. 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 this work is just as much for Croatians who have grown up and lived here, and are simply looking for tools that work.

Working with an American-trained professional means access to CBT-based skills work — structured, measured, and practised between sessions — that isn’t widely available in local markets. If you’re open to thinking a little outside the box, this might be exactly what you’ve been looking for.

Whether it’s anxiety, low mood, relationship strain or a major life transition, Rose will tell you honestly on the free call whether coaching fits. She brings a strong foundation in empathy and will take the time to genuinely get to know you, understand what matters to you, and work from there.

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

The local rate

A rate for people based in Croatia.

If you live in Croatia, a session is €130 for 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 or Rijeka, you can also arrange to meet Rose in person — just ask when you book.

Local rate · Croatia

€130

per 50-minute session · pay as you go

Limited places

No package or commitment — book one session at a time
Online by video, or in person in Opatija and Rijeka 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 one open 24 hours.

Frequently asked

Common questions

Do you offer CBT in Croatia?: Yes — Rose's coaching is built on CBT, in the structured TEAM-CBT form she practised for years in Dr. David Burns' group at Stanford. Sessions are in English, online or in person near Opatija and Rijeka on request. It's coaching that teaches CBT skills, not psychotherapy: there's no diagnosis, and if what you need is clinical CBT, Rose will say so and help you find it.
Is my English good enough for this?: If you can read this page comfortably, yes. Sessions are conversational, not literary, and built for non-native speakers. 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 people 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. You can keep your doctor in the loop yourself if you want to — 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 €130 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 €1,056 (4 sessions, including a 90-minute intake) to €2,664 (14 sessions), or a single session on its own for €250. 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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