Treatment for Adjustment to Life Transitions

Has illness, loss or a significant change left you questioning how to move forward?

Maybe you’re adjusting to a new diagnosis, or perhaps a chronic illness is posing new challenges. You may have suffered the loss of a loved one, career or important function and wonder if adjustment is even possible. Will you ever feel settled after graduation, your new baby, retirement, divorce or other life transition? Perhaps you’re feeling lost and uncertain, questioning your ability to forge ahead?

Whatever change you are experiencing, you’re starting to notice the effect it has on important facets of your life:

• Changes to your mood, motivation or self-image

• Difficulty focusing, planning or problem-solving

• Feeling disconnected from yourself, others or the world around you

Therapy for adjustment can help.

It may feel impossible now, but you can find direction. You can re-gain clarity. You can find your purpose and re-connect. And I can help you along the way.

Change Can be Beneficial

Change, even difficult change that is neither wanted nor expected, can influence personal growth. Change gives us the opportunity to see what we’re made of; to become stronger, more confident, and better prepared for what life throws at us next. With each new challenge, we develop new personal skills and obtain a greater awareness and understanding of ourselves, our families, and our communities. 

Some of the most common life transitions I help clients navigate include:

• Moving away to college
• Adjusting to university life or your first professional job
• Getting married
• Having a new baby
• Parenting
• Empty nesting syndrome
• Breakup, separation, or divorce
• Retirement
• Job loss or major change in career
• Relocation
• Financial gain/loss
• Serious illness or disability
• Issues pertaining to aging
• Death of a loved one

Therapy for adjustment helps you do 3 things:

• Gain understanding and develop self-compassion for your very human struggle
• Learn about past experiences or beliefs that may be impacting your ability to heal and find direction
• Develop an outlook for the future that is aligned with your values and goals for a quality life

I will support you on your path, tailoring each step to your unique needs and goals. My approach to therapy for adjustment comes from a place of compassionate understanding: though change can be painful, your mind and body know the way through. 

It’s time to find relief and direction.

I can help you get there.

View the Specialities page to find out more about each approach we may use together in therapy.