Therapy for Life Transitions & Major Changes

When Change Leaves You Feeling Lost

Life changes — and not always on your timeline, and rarely in the way you imagined. Whether you’ve just moved to a new city, left a long-term relationship, had a baby, or watched your last child leave home, major transitions have a way of pulling the rug out from under you. Even changes you chose, changes you worked hard for, can leave you feeling disoriented, grieving, or unsure of who you are now.

That disorientation is not weakness. It’s a signal that something real is happening. And it deserves real support.

I work with people navigating all kinds of life transitions — the expected ones, the unwanted ones, and the ones that surprised you by being harder than you thought they’d be. I offer telehealth sessions for clients in New York, Connecticut, and Florida, so you can access support wherever this change has taken you.

Who I Work With

Major life transitions look different for everyone. Some of the experiences I most often support include:

• Relocating — especially to New York City, where building a new life can feel isolating even when you chose it
• A career change or unexpected job loss, and the identity questions that follow
• Becoming a parent for the first time — the profound shift in identity, relationship, and daily life (for more on perinatal support, visit my perinatal mental health page)
• Empty nest — when children leave home and you’re left rediscovering who you are outside of that role
• Divorce or the end of a long-term relationship
• Retirement and the loss of professional identity and daily structure
• Loss of a loved one, and the way grief restructures your whole life around their absence
• Returning to school or starting over in a new field later in life
• Immigration — building a sense of belonging in a country that isn’t the one you grew up in
• A health diagnosis that changes your daily reality, your plans, and your sense of what’s possible

What Therapy for Life Transitions Looks Like

Transitions are rarely just one thing. Often they involve grief for what was, anxiety about what comes next, and the quiet work of figuring out who you are in this new chapter. Our work together can include:

• Processing the grief inside change. Even positive transitions can carry real loss — of a former self, a former life, a future you had imagined. Naming and honoring that grief is often the first step toward moving through it.

• Rebuilding routine and stability. When familiar structures fall away, we work on creating new ones that give you a sense of ground beneath your feet.

• Identity reassessment. Major changes often force the question: who am I now? We explore that question together — with curiosity rather than anxiety.

• Making decisions when everything feels uncertain. Transitions often come with high-stakes choices at exactly the moment when you feel least equipped to make them. Therapy provides a space to think clearly and connect with your own values.

• Building support in a new context. Whether you’ve moved, changed roles, or found your relationships shifting, we work on building the connections and support systems you need in your new circumstances.

You don’t have to have everything figured out before you reach out. Transitions are exactly when support matters most.