--- title: "Therapy for Expats & Internationals in DC — Cura Tempos" description: "Therapy for expats, diplomats, and international professionals in DC — in English or French — for lives lived between countries and identities." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebSite", "name": "Cura Tempos", "url": "https://curatempos.com" }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": [ "MedicalBusiness", "ProfessionalService" ], "@id": "https://curatempos.com/#business", "name": "Cura Tempos LLC", "url": "https://curatempos.com", "areaServed": { "@type": "AdministrativeArea", "name": "Washington, DC" }, "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1301 K Street NW", "addressLocality": "Washington", "addressRegion": "DC", "postalCode": "20005", "addressCountry": "US" }, "telephone": "202-643-2846", "medicalSpecialty": [ "Behavioral", "PublicHealth" ], "availableLanguage": [ "English", "French" ], "serviceType": [ "Initial Consultation", "Intake Session", "Individual Therapy", "Couples Therapy", "Sex Therapy", "Dating Therapy", "EMDR Therapy", "Group Therapy", "In-Person Sessions" ], "founder": { "@id": "https://curatempos.com/#practitioner" }, "provider": { "@id": "https://curatempos.com/#practitioner" } }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://curatempos.com/#practitioner", "name": "Dr. William McVey", "jobTitle": "Founder & Clinical Sexologist", "hasCredential": { "@type": "EducationalOccupationalCredential", "credentialCategory": "license", "name": "LPC" }, "worksFor": { "@id": "https://curatempos.com/#business" }, "url": "https://curatempos.com/drwilliammcvey", "knowsLanguage": [ "English" ], "sameAs": [ "https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/REPLACE-ME", "https://www.google.com/maps/place/?cid=REPLACE-ME", "https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/238404" ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://curatempos.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Specialties", "item": "https://curatempos.com/specialties" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Therapy for Expats & Internationals", "item": "https://curatempos.com/specialties/expats-internationals" } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Service", "name": "Therapy for Expats & Internationals", "serviceType": "Therapy for Expats & Internationals", "provider": { "@id": "https://curatempos.com/#business" }, "areaServed": "Washington, DC" }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "FAQPage", "mainEntity": [ { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can I do therapy in French?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Oui — Paul works fully in French or English, and you can switch mid-sentence the way bilingual life actually happens. See the French-language page for details." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do you understand diplomatic/international-organization life?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes — not as an abstraction. Paul spent roughly twenty years in international human-capital and organizational work before clinical practice. The institutional texture doesn't need explaining." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "We're a bicultural couple. Is that a specialty or a complication?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "A specialty. Two cultural rulebooks in one marriage is workable, common, and honestly some of the most rewarding couples work we do." } } ] } ] --- [![Cura Tempos](/__l5e/assets-v1/50a70a4f-7979-497e-9338-0a69569aa15d/logo.png)Cura Tempos Washington, DC ](/) [Home](/)[Our Team](/team-3)[Specialties](/specialties)[Services](/book-online)[Office](/therapy-office-washington-dc)[Investment](/rates)[Journal](/blog)[Media](/media)[Contact](/contact) [Book a free consult](https://www.therapyportal.com/p/curatempos/) Who we work with # Therapy for Expats & Internationals Washington's international life is enormous — embassies, multilateral institutions, global firms, and the thousands of people who moved here trailing a career, a partner, or a passport's worth of expectations. It can be a strange loneliness: professionally embedded, personally unrooted, fluent in the language and foreign to the code. [Paul El-Meouchy](/paulelmeouchy) does much of this work — a clinician who spent two decades inside international organizational life before practicing, and who works in English and French. He knows the expat arc from the inside. ## What international clients bring - Relocation grief nobody validates because the move was 'an opportunity' - Identity split across countries, languages, and versions of yourself - Trailing-partner dynamics: a life reorganized around someone else's posting - Cross-cultural marriages negotiating two rulebooks - Family obligation and guilt operating across time zones - The recurring question of where — and whether — home is ## How we work Therapy here doesn't require translating your context — the postings, the tenure clocks, the visa precarities, the way an institution can be both a family and a cage are already understood. Sessions are available in English or French, in whichever language [the fee](/rates)ling lives. The work blends practical adjustment support with the deeper themes expat life reliably surfaces: belonging, reinvention, and the identities that got left at previous addresses. For couples spanning two cultures, the practice's [Gottman](/approach/gottman-method)\-informed couples work applies with an international accent. ## Practical details 55-minute sessions, $215 with sliding scale from $150–194. In person downtown or by [telehealth](/online-therapy-dc) within the District. Note: licensure means we see clients located in DC — ask in [the consultation](/book-online) if your situation moves around. FAQ ## Common questions ### Can I do therapy in French? Oui — Paul works fully in French or English, and you can switch mid-sentence the way bilingual life actually happens. See the French-language page for details. ### Do you understand diplomatic/international-organization life? Yes — not as an abstraction. Paul spent roughly twenty years in international human-capital and organizational work before clinical practice. The institutional texture doesn't need explaining. ### We're a bicultural couple. Is that a specialty or a complication? A specialty. Two cultural rulebooks in one marriage is workable, common, and honestly some of the most rewarding couples work we do. Related - [Thérapie en français →](/therapie-en-francais) - [Life transitions →](/specialties/life-transitions) - [Couples therapy →](/specialties/couples-therapy) ## Ready to begin? The 15-minute consult is where most people begin. [Book a free 15-minute consultation](https://www.therapyportal.com/p/curatempos/)[Rates & investment](/rates) Curated mental health & wellness for a life fully lived. [Book a free consult](/book-online) Cura Tempos A boutique DC practice — sex-therapy-led, holistic, unhurried. 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