Dealing with Life Transitions
Everyone goes though significant periods of change throughout their lives. During these periods of transition, it is perfectly natural to experience some emotional and psychological difficulties. Psychotherapy can be helpful in overcoming these challenges and finding healthy ways to cope and heal from life’s stressors.
Some of these life transitions may include:
- Entering college
- Beginning or ending a romantic relationship
- Marriage or divorce
- Job termination
- Career change
- Parenthood
- Loss of a loved one
As a result, you may experience some of the following feelings and behaviors:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Anger
- Loneliness
- Feelings of hopelessness or helplessness
- Difficulty eating and sleeping
- Obsessive compulsive tendencies
- Panic attacks
- Social isolation or avoidance of loved ones
Our Work Together
In therapy, I can help you identify mental blocks and obstacles, explore patterns, and gain clarity about conflicted feelings that may be standing in your way. Together, we will develop skills to reach personal goals and to feel confident in your ability to confront future challenges.
Coping with Painful Emotions
Depression
Depression can make the world around you feel like a place that’s lost its color. Activities that once brought you joy may now feel empty, and relationships that once felt nurturing can seem distant, leaving you with a deep sense of loneliness. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, isolated, or disconnected from yourself and those around you, know that your experience is real, and you don’t have to go through it alone.
I specialize in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) to offer gentle, supportive pathways to healing. EMDR can help you process and transform the painful thoughts and feelings that fuel your depression, helping you rediscover hope and peace. EFIT, on the other hand, works to rebuild your emotional connection with yourself, allowing you to understand and heal the deep emotional wounds that depression often brings. Together, these approaches can guide you back to the person you truly are.
Anxiety
Anxiety can turn the everyday stresses of life into something that feels unmanageable, leaving you overwhelmed and exhausted. If anxiety has taken hold of your life—whether through persistent worry or debilitating panic attacks—know that your struggle is valid, and there are ways to regain your sense of calm and control.
Through Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), you can gently work through the triggers that keep you in a state of constant anxiety, helping to reduce their power over you. Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) offers another layer of support by helping you understand and reshape the emotional patterns that underlie your anxiety. These therapies provide a compassionate, effective way to reclaim your peace of mind and build a more secure, grounded sense of self.
As a result, you may experience some of the following feelings and behaviors:
Our Work Together
Psychotherapy is clinically proven to be highly effective in treating depression, anxiety, and panic disorders. With a safe space to examine your world and the way you feel as you move through it, you can gain a deeper understanding of yourself. Together, we can uncover the root of difficult emotions and find tools to heal, alleviate depression, manage stress, open yourself to a new perspective, and experience a renewed sense of mastery in the world.
Facing the Realities of Pregnancy
You’ve gotten pregnant… now what? Was it what you expected? Do you feel surprised by how you are coping? Many experience difficulty with hormone balance, emotions, and self-image. Women may find they feel lonely, uncertain and anxious about what is to come.
Struggling with Fertility
Every woman’s body is unique and will respond differently when she is trying to get pregnant. For many, becoming pregnant can be met with unforeseen obstacles and can be emotionally painful. Infertility or difficulty becoming pregnant can cause emotional trauma and strain relationships.
In dealing with pregnancy or fertility challenges, you may experience some of the following feelings and behaviors:
Our Work Together
I understand the complex emotions associated with becoming pregnant, and offer a safe space to talk about your personal experience so you can find peace of mind and acceptance. Talking to someone about your concerns, fears, and struggles can help to alleviate some of the pressure and help you reconnect with your body.
Caring for Maternal Mental Health
The reality of becoming a parent can look dramatically different from what you may have expected. Perhaps you have been imagining what parenthood would look like since you were a young child, or perhaps it feels like a sudden surprise. Either way, this transition causes significant changes to your self-image, lifestyle, and feelings towards sexuality and relationships. 1 in 7 women and 1 in 10 men experience postpartum depression, anxiety, or OCD.
Postpartum parents may experience some of the following feelings and behaviors:
Our Work Together
In therapy, we will explore these feelings and help you to create your own emotional toolbox to manage challenging situations and heal. You are not alone, and these feelings are temporary. Together we will develop skills to empower you to feel like a capable and confident parent.
Working on Relationships
Even the most supportive and loving relationships face difficulties.You may be experiencing life changes that are causing significant stress on your relationship. Perhaps you’re simply witnessing a slow erosion of emotional and physical intimacy. Regardless, the fun, support, and connection you once felt may now be replaced with increased arguing, agitation, and a desire for more distance.
Many couples ignore relationship issues, assuming “things will work themselves out on their own,” and continue to suffer in silence. They may even avoid addressing their problems out of fear things will never change. However, even the messiest circumstances can be fertile ground for incredible and life changing growth! If you’re ready to take the next steps, I applaud your willingness and am here to support you as you improve and even transform your relationship.
Couples experiencing transitions may experience some of the following feelings and behaviors:
Our Work Together
In a safe and supportive space, I will guide you and your partner on an empowering journey towards increased intimacy and connection. Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), you will develop greater emotional attunement and a deeper understanding of yourselves and one another. With new insight, skills and healing, you will be paving the way for a more joyful, connected future.
EFT is supported by 40 years of research and successful outcomes. Learn more about how it can revolutionize your relationship.
