Telehealth therapy · Anywhere in Florida
Life Transitions and Stress
For the seasons when everything changes at once
- Florida LCSW, license SW27230
- Secure video sessions
- In network through Headway
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Sometimes nothing is “wrong” and life is still a lot
Not everything that brings someone to therapy is a disorder.
Maybe the job changed.
A relationship ended.
You moved.
You became a caregiver.
Your body changed.
Your health changed.
You graduated and discovered that nobody actually gives you an instruction manual for adulthood.
You retired and suddenly the structure that organized thirty years of your life disappeared.
You can be coping with a normal human transition and still be having an extremely difficult time.
What it can look like
Topics may include
- Career changes
- Relationship changes
- Caregiving
- Disability
- Medical changes
- Loss of independence
- College and young adulthood
- Moving
- Retirement
- Family conflict
- Grief
- Identity changes
- Burnout
- Financial stress
- Major decisions
- Chronic uncertainty
If disability or a change in your health is part of it, see disability and chronic illness. If grief or low mood has settled in, see depression.
How therapy can help
Adjustment is work
Change can affect routine, identity, relationships, finances, confidence, independence, and expectations about what life was supposed to look like.
Therapy gives us room to separate the parts you can change from the parts you may have to adapt to.
That may mean problem solving.
It may mean grief.
It may mean boundaries.
It may mean accepting something you absolutely did not ask for without pretending you are happy about it.
Acceptance is not approval.
Sometimes it is simply ending the argument with the fact that something has already happened so you can decide what comes next.
How I approach it
How we work on it
We sort out what is in your control and what is not, and make a plan for both. I tend to be practical: we name what matters most, find small next steps, and build skills for handling stress so it does not run your life.
Solution-focused work to find what is already working and do more of it
CBT tools for the thoughts that pile on during hard seasons
Mindfulness and grounding for stress you can feel in your body
Motivational interviewing when you feel torn about a decision or a change
Ready when you are
You can book a time on my Headway profile, where you can also check your insurance coverage. Questions first? Call 754.400.0824 or send me a message. The Insurance page has the plans I accept.
Want to nerd out on the research?
You absolutely do not need to read research papers to come to therapy. But if you are the kind of person who wants to know where this stuff comes from, here are a few good places to start.
- I’m So Stressed Out! Fact Sheet National Institute of Mental Health
- Stress American Psychological Association
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