English-speaking therapists in France

Your French is polite. This conversation isn't.

Therapy in English, online, wherever in France you live. No referral, no waiting list.

France rewards good French and quietly penalises the rest — which makes the vulnerable, unpolished talk of therapy the last thing you want to attempt in it.

The Eiffel Tower over the Seine — English-speaking therapy for France

Why therapy in English

Therapy is no place to worry about your accent

France is a country where your French is always being, gently, assessed — and therapy is precisely where you don't want to be managing an accent and a subjunctive on top of everything else. The material that brings people in — shame, grief, a childhood — lives in the language you grew up in.

In English you can be messy and exact at once. English-speaking therapists in Paris book out; elsewhere in France they're rare. Online, you choose from everyone working in English and meet from home.

What we work with

What brings people here

  • Loneliness and isolation

    When your social life is made entirely of colleagues, and everyone who knew you before is in another time zone.

  • Anxiety and chronic stress

    Visas, contracts, rent, the low hum of living somewhere you could be asked to leave.

  • Depression and flatness

    Especially the kind that is hard to name, because on paper the move worked.

  • Identity and belonging

    Caught between where you're from and where you live, between who you were and whoever this is now.

  • Relationships and family

    Including the strain of having moved together — or of having moved without them.

  • Homesickness and grief

    For people, for a former life, for the version of yourself that existed before you left.

This is not a complete list. If you're struggling with something that isn't here, get in touch anyway. Therapy begins with you, not with a category — and it doesn't require you to have found the right word for it first.

How it works

Three steps, no referral

Choose your therapist, pick a time in your own zone, meet by video from home. No referral, no French required.

About Wefeel

What Wefeel is — and what it isn't

Wefeel is a place to find a therapist and arrange to meet them online. We verify that every therapist listed here is qualified to practise, and we give them a place to be found.

We are not a clinic and we are not a party to your therapy. The session is between you and your therapist, and it belongs to the two of you. What is said in it stays there.

Wefeel is also not a crisis service. If you are in immediate danger, the numbers below will reach someone right now.

If you need help right now

Wefeel is not a crisis service

If you are thinking about ending your life, or you're afraid of what you might do, please don't wait for an appointment. Emergency services answer at any hour, free of charge, and in English.

  • Emergency services112 or 15 (emergency)
  • 3114 — national suicide prevention (French language)3114
  • SOS Amitié — emotional support (French language)09 72 39 40 50

Common questions

Do I need to speak French?

No — that is the point. Sessions are in English, and so is everything on this site.

Do I need a referral?

No. You arrange the session directly with the therapist. There is no referral to arrange and no waiting list to join.

I've been on a waiting list for months. Can I use this while I wait?

Yes, and many people do. Nothing here replaces treatment you're already receiving, and nothing here obliges you to give up a place you've waited for.

My therapist isn't in France. Does that matter?

Sessions are online, so location matters less than fit. Each therapist's profile shows where they are qualified to practise. If it matters for your situation, ask them before you book — they will tell you.

Is it confidential?

Yes. What you say to your therapist stays between the two of you, subject to the same legal and professional limits that apply wherever your therapist practises.

Reading

Written by the therapists themselves

Articles about anxiety, sleep, grief, burnout and the rest of it — written by the people you can book a session with.

For therapists

Working in English in France?

If you're a qualified therapist who works online in English, you can list your practice on Wefeel.