Discover your
sense of belonging.
Counseling and coaching for misfits and nomads.
Connect with all your cultures | Find inner harmony | Maximize your potential
Connect with all your cultures
Find inner harmony
Maximize your potential
Being a misfit is alienating.
When you grow up in a different culture than your parents’, you feel like an alienated misfit. Even if it seems to others like you know exactly what you are doing, deep down you don’t feel like you belong. A third-culture upbringing makes it hard to fit in, make friends, or feel at home, no matter what culture you exist in.
- If you feel alienated at home, school, or work
- If you have trouble connecting with your peers
- If you find it difficult to navigate the unwritten rules of social etiquette
- If you have all the cultural understanding but none of the cultural connection
- If you feel like a citizen of everywhere and nowhere
- If you can’t find anyone who gets you
I’m here for you.
Being a misfit is alienating.
When you grow up in a different culture than your parents’, you feel like an alienated misfit. Even if it seems to others like you know exactly what you are doing, deep down you don’t feel like you belong. A third-culture upbringing makes it hard to fit in, make friends, or feel at home, no matter what culture you exist in.
- If you feel alienated at home, school, or work
- If you have trouble connecting with your peers
- If you find it difficult to navigate the unwritten rules of social etiquette
- If you have all the cultural understanding but none of the cultural connection
- If you feel like a citizen of everywhere and nowhere
- If you can’t find anyone who gets you
I’m here for you.
Your third-culture experience gives you an edge.
While your misfit upbringing may feel like a weakness, it’s actually your superpower. Growing up between cultures gives you a unique understanding of the world and a leg-up on your peers and colleagues.
Culturally-sensitive psychotherapy with Third Edge empowers you to journey through your past experiences and explore how they made you the beautiful misfit you are today.
Discover the belonging you never knew you could feel.
Inner harmony starts here.
Counseling
- Virtual 50-minute session from the comfort of your own home
- Psychodynamic, Somatic Experiencing, and Client-Centered approaches to healing and wellness
- Compliant with HIPAA regulations and Illinois Counselor Licensure
- Available for Illinois residents
Coaching
- Virtual 50-minute session from your home or office
- Explore your unique challenges with a coach who’s been where you are
- Find understanding, insight, and guidance for your lived experience
- Available worldwide
$197 per session
Begin your journey.
Reclaim your identity through counseling or coaching.
1. Book a session
Your first consult is completely free with zero commitment.
2. Schedule services
We’ll choose a time to meet virtually on a regular basis.
3. Discover your magic
Transform your experience from alienated to integrated.
Hi, I’m Monica Mikhaeil,
a Licensed Professional Counselor in Chicago, IL.
I’m a third-culture kid who grew up between countries during my youth. Through therapy I discovered what third-culture means and how my upbringing gave me unique challenges and strengths. The arduous journey from an alienated to an integrated misfit has been transformative and empowering.
Now I’m on a mission to help other multi-culturals discover their unique strengths through counseling and coaching. My insightful, innovative, intentional approach has helped clients discover inner harmony, and I want to do the same for you. I hope to make the world more harmonious, one third-culture person at a time.
Clients like you are discovering inner harmony.
“Monica was amazing and she helped me through a lot of things that I didn’t even realize were affecting me so much! I came in thinking I knew what my “issues” were and what I wanted to work, but with her help I realized that there was so much more I was just suppressing and how much it was actually affecting me. Thank you so much, Monica!”
“Monica was there for me in ways people haven’t been before. This is my first time getting help for my mental well-being. It was a struggle to open up, but Monica made it incredibly easy. She helped me a lot.”
Places our clients have called home.
Prepare for your journey.
Download your own free Misfit’s Journal to start exploring what makes you the beautiful misfit you are.
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Embrace your
inner misfit.
What you feel has been holding you
back is actually what you need to propel yourself forward. Belonging, connection, harmony–it’s possible.
Stand back and let your misfit shine.
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