Are you at a crossroads in your life and wondering which path to choose? Do you feel stuck and unable to make a move in any direction? At a point where you are ready to make some changes and reinvent yourself?
It is often said that change is the only constant in life. Navigating life’s challenging experiences requires flexibility, adaptability and resilience. Learning to use difficult life experiences as opportunities for growth, rather than obstacles that cannot be overcome is one of the most valuable skills one can attain.
How we make sense of our life experiences is crucial to our personal growth and overall mental health. I will work with you to empower you with new ways of looking at challenging situations while building in critical self-care skills to care for yourself along the way. I seek to help you build happiness from the inside and resilience to shelter you during times of stress. Let me help you build a relationship with yourself that can comfort and protect you….for all of your life, YOU are the only one who will truly and certainly be there for you forever. Learn how to stop beating yourself up and how to replace those self-deprecating thoughts with comforting and supportive thoughts instead.
Routines and habits shape our lives. Learn how to identify your self-defeating habits and patterns and reprogram yourself into better daily habitual activities.
Obstacles to rolling with life transitions
Perfectionistic tendencies
Lack of self-love/self-acceptance
Anxiety and “what if” fears
Inadequate stress management/lack of self-care
Beating yourself up
Our routines/habits do not support us
Specific Life Transition Events
Getting married
Getting divorced
Feeling heartbroken
Becoming a parent
Job loss/Leaving an old career
Starting a new career
Moving to a new location
Death of a loved one
Caring for elderly parent
Mid Life Crisis
Growth Opportunities during Life Transitions
Pursuing a postponed dream
Believing in yourself enough to handle any situations that come your way
Developing trust in the process of life and learning to live in the flow
Deciding to see “failure” as just learning
Perfectionism: why you will always fail if you strive to be perfect
Discovering your strengths and building a life around what truly makes you happy
Creating a life story that you can be proud of
Getting out of your own way
Developing resilience in difficult times
What counts as a life transition worth getting help for?
You do not need a catastrophe to earn support. Any change that knocks you off balance counts. That might be a divorce or a new marriage, a first baby, a quiet house after the last kid leaves, a career you walked away from, a move to a new city, or the slow ache of a midlife reckoning. It also includes the losses we do not always say out loud, like watching a parent decline or grieving a life you thought you would have. If a change has you feeling stuck, foggy, or not quite like yourself, that is reason enough to come in.
How does therapy help you through a transition?
My job is to help you use the change as a turning point instead of a wall. I know this work from the inside. I became a therapist after losing both of my parents, when I went looking for the most meaningful thing I could do with my life, so I am not guessing about how disorienting a big transition can be.
We start by making sense of what you are carrying, then we build practical skills so you can steady yourself while the ground shifts. My style is solution focused and action oriented, so you will leave with something to practice between sessions, not just insight that fades by Tuesday. We work on quieting the harsh inner voice, on real self care and burnout recovery instead of the version that lives on a coffee mug, and on the daily habits that either hold you up or wear you down. When the transition involves grief and loss, we make room for that too, at your pace. The goal is not to rush you back to normal. It is to help you come out the other side steadier and more yourself than before.
Healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about remembering what’s whole.
If you are ready to gain clarity on your current life situation or ready to change your perspective on a life event that has brought you to your knees, please contact me today to set up a complimentary phone consult so that we can discuss your challenges and options for addressing them.
Contact Me
