Therapy for Life Transitions

Holistic & Mindfulness-based Support for Navigating Change in California & Illinois

Online therapy statewide + in-person in Ventura, CA

When the Ground Beneath You Shifts

You’re in the middle of something you didn’t plan for. Or maybe you did, but it still feels disorienting.

Even when you’ve made the “right” choice: ending a relationship, starting a new job, becoming a parent, it can stir up doubt, grief, or a sense of being unmoored. And when change isn’t your choice, it can feel like survival mode: trying to keep it all together while quietly falling apart inside.

You might feel like you “should” be doing better, bouncing back faster, or knowing exactly what’s next. Instead, you feel anxious, unsettled, and unsure of how to move forward.

Therapy offers a steady, grounding space to sort through it all, without rushing yourself through the process.

Life Transitions Can Stir Up Old Patterns and Deep Fears

Big changes have a way of activating our deepest vulnerabilities. You may find yourself wondering:

What if I made the wrong choice?
Who am I now that this part of my life has ended?
What happens if I slow down and let myself feel everything I’ve been avoiding?

In these in-between spaces, it’s common to feel:

Overwhelmed or emotionally “flooded”
Numb, unmotivated, or stuck in indecision
Like you’ve lost your sense of identity or direction
Pressured to make big decisions before you’re ready
Ashamed for struggling, especially if others expect you to be “fine”

If you’ve always been the strong one: the planner, the caregiver, the achiever, this season of uncertainty can feel especially vulnerable.

You don’t have to figure it out alone. Therapy can help you slow down, breathe, and reconnect to your truth.

The Space Between Who You Were and Who You’re Becoming

Transitions are liminal space, the threshold between chapters. You’ve left behind the old, but the new hasn’t fully formed. This space can feel raw, untethered, and filled with both possibility and grief.

Even positive change can bring up:

Anxiety about what’s next
Resistance to letting go of what’s familiar
Sadness or grief, even when the change was your choice
Self-doubt or questioning your path
Pressure to “figure it all out” before you’re ready

These reactions aren’t weakness. They’re signs your nervous system and psyche are trying to integrate change. Therapy helps you honor this pause instead of rushing past it.

Common Life Transitions I Support

Job loss or career change
Moving, relocating, or starting over
Divorce, separation, or relationship shifts
Grief after the death of a loved one or pet
Pregnancy, postpartum, or parenthood
Breakups or falling in love
Aging, health diagnoses, or physical injury
College, graduation, or entering the workforce
Spiritual or identity shifts
Big questions about your path, values, or purpose

Whether your transition is personal, professional, relational, or existential, it matters. And how you move through it matters too.

“Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities.”

— DEEPAK CHOPRA

How Therapy for Life Transitions Can Help

I offer mindfulness-based, holistic therapy to support you through life’s most uncertain seasons. Our work may include:

Mindfulness & Buddhist psychology: learning to stay present with impermanence and uncertainty
Somatic and nervous system regulation: calming the body when fear or overwhelm takes over
IFS-informed therapy: compassionately exploring the parts of you that resist change, cling to the old, or fear the unknown
Depth-oriented reflection: making meaning out of change instead of just “pushing through” it
Self-compassion practices: releasing self-judgment and honoring your natural pace
Identity and values work: reconnecting with your deeper truth in the midst of transition

This work is especially supportive for high-achievers, first-generation professionals, and South Asian adults navigating layered expectations from family, culture, or society.

Available Across California & Illinois

Online therapy across California & Illinois
In-person therapy in Ventura, CA

Whether you’re a graduate in Chicago, a new parent in LA, or an executive in the Bay Area questioning your next chapter, this space is for you.

Ready to Feel More Grounded?

You don’t need to have it all figured out.

Therapy can help you stop rushing, start listening inward, and move through change with clarity and compassion.