Life Transitions
Major life transitions — even positive ones — can be disorienting in ways we don't always expect. Whether you're navigating a career change, a move, a divorce, a loss, or the quiet identity shift of entering a new chapter, therapy offers a space to process what's changing and find your footing.
What It Can Look Like
- check_circle Feeling unmoored, anxious, or depressed during a period of significant change
- check_circle Struggling to adapt to a new role, place, or phase of life
- check_circle Grief over what you've left behind, even if you chose the change
- check_circle Identity confusion — "who am I outside of the role I used to have?"
- check_circle Difficulty making decisions about the future
- check_circle Isolation or disconnection as your social world shifts
- check_circle Unexpected emotional intensity around a change you thought you'd handle easily
Transitions are moments when the old story no longer fits and the new one hasn't been written yet. That in-between space is uncomfortable — and it's also, often, where the most important growth happens.
Therapy during a transition isn't just crisis support. It's a space to grieve what you're leaving, clarify your values, and begin building a relationship with the version of yourself that's emerging. This is work that's worth doing even when the transition is something you wanted.
Some transitions are sudden and unwanted — a job loss, a diagnosis, the end of a relationship. Others are chosen but still hard. Both deserve care and honest attention.
My Approach
I use a person-centered, narrative approach for life transitions — helping clients make meaning of what they're experiencing and build a coherent bridge between who they've been and who they're becoming. We may also draw on CBT tools for managing the anxiety and grief that often accompany change.