Counseling for life transitions
Therapy for life changes, work anxiety, and cancer.
I provide individual counseling for those facing substantial life changes. These times can raise existential questions and stability can feel far away. Feelings don’t last forever and there is hope. It just may not be as readily available in this moment, or look the way it has in the past. Together we can explore what’s next, mourn what’s lost, and laugh at the absurdity.
I work primarily with individuals navigating life changes, career burnout, and cancer survivorship. These shifts in life can bring about anxiety, depression, grief, and burnout. They tend to become more nuanced when we consider all aspects of someone’s identity, like caretaking, financial status, neurodiversity, cultural context, and more.
I strongly believe you are the best expert on what’s helpful for you (you’ve made it this far already), and there are times when having an outside professional perspective can be necessary. That’s where I can be of service. I tend to pull from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) practices and will integrate other counseling modalities like narrative therapy, strengths-based, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as they are helpful.
Times when counseling can be helpful
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Life transitions
We navigate transitions every day. Some are lauded in with celebrations and parties. Other transitions have the potential to be more isolating and open to stigma, which doesn't have to happen.
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Work anxiety
Anxiety related to work can be especially difficult, because it’s tied to your financial wellbeing. There's an alternative to the normalization and even glorification of productivity and maximizing work output.
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Ambiguous grief
Many of us experienced this during the early stages of the COVID pandemic. Facing retirement, the loss of a promotion, or realizing you need to walk away from a career path are all other examples of ambiguous loss.
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Adjusting to retirement
There’s much potential for excitement, but it’s also important to acknowledge many other feelings can occur, and therapy can be a place to support your mental health in this period.