Casuarina Tham, Ph.D

Cross-cultural Life Coaching

Cultural Life Coaching So You Can be your Full You

Casuarina Tham, Ph.D is a life coach specializing in cross-cultural relationships, differences between the East and the West, and cross-cultural parenting. She is a registered clinical psychologist in Hong Kong, and has lived in the United States for 20+ years.

A passion for bridging worlds

Casuarina Tham, Ph.D made her first cultural transition in high school (from Malaysia to Australia), and then again from Hong Kong to the United States. She has a wealth of experience as a professional, mother, and wife moving between the East and the West.

Coaching for Cross-Cultural Marriages

Support in navigating a cross-cultural marriage with an eye to understanding differences in values, lifestyle, and family expectations.

Support for Cross-Cultural Families

Support and perspective in raising a family with two or more cultural backgrounds, keeping in mind the culture of the local environment the kids are raised in.

Accommodating to Western Culture

Support for transitions to Western relationships, friendships, workplaces, and public life. How “community” is different in the West, and more…

Value differences between the East and West

Support and perspective on the differences in worldview, values, and lifestyle between the East and the West.

Parenting Cross-Cultural children in a healthy way

Support on parenting your children from your own cultural perspective, and how to do this in a way that causes healthy compatibility and not conflict.

Organizational coaching for Cultural understanding

Cross-cultural understanding workshops for executives who work between both and East and West professional environment.

A range of resources to support your cultural understanding

I provide an array of resources for professionals, spouses, and parents navigating between Eastern and Western cultures. I understand the challenges, having lived through them, and I want to support you with compassion and perspective as you navigate them.

Cultural Life Coaching

  • 1:1 Coaching personalized to you and your needs
  • Support for the unexpected situations that arise in professions, relationships, and parenting
  • Virtual services, for the greatest convenience

My Insider’s Newsletter

  • Get Monthly Tips on Navigating Cross-cultural challenges.
  • Understand the underlying expectations that may cause challenges.
  • Find the way of living that gives you meaning and peace between both worlds.

Casuarina has helped me so much in raising my chldren in the West, even though I have a Chinese background. They have become strong, perceptive, and capable of navigating cultural difference.

Annie Steiner

CEO, Greenprint

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