English-speaking therapists in Iceland

Icelandic is beautiful and nearly impossible. English will do.

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

Almost everyone in Iceland speaks English, and almost no one who moves here masters Icelandic — which leaves a whole population living, and sometimes struggling, in their second language.

Iceland's landscape — English-speaking therapy for Iceland

Why therapy in English

A small island, a small pool, a hard language

Icelandic is genuinely hard, and the people who move to Iceland mostly live in English — which everyone here speaks. The catch comes when you need a therapist: the local pool is small to begin with, and an English-speaking one you click with may not exist within reach at all.

Online, the island stops being a limit. You choose from every therapist working in English, wherever they are, and meet from home — through the long dark that makes this most necessary.

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 Icelandic 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
  • Rauði krossinn (Red Cross) — crisis support, 24 hours a day (Icelandic language)1717
  • Píeta Samtökin — suicide prevention (Icelandic language)552 2218

Common questions

Do I need to speak Icelandic?

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

Are there English-speaking therapists in Iceland?

A few. Sessions are online, so you're not limited to the small local pool — you choose from everyone working in English.

My therapist isn't in Iceland. 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.

The winter dark affects me — is that real?

Yes, and it's a common reason people here seek support. Naming it is the start.

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 Iceland?

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