Therapy for Life Transitions and Adjustment in Brooklyn, NY

The tricky part of life is that we are always in transition. Often we work so hard to find stability, only to discover that once again, our place in the world is shifting. Transitions can be small shifts such as a change in schedule or responsibility, or large shifts such as a major life change.
These transitions can have very real impacts on our mental health. Our ability to successfully navigate life transitions depends on our mindset, coping skills, and level of outside support. 

Common Life Transitions

Some of the most common transitions we struggle with include:

Transitions Can Feel Destabilizing

Life transitions might make you feel like you’ve lost control or like you don’t know what’s coming. Going through a life transition might require something different from you than you’re used to. You might need support in a new way or you might need help learning how to cope with the discomfort that accompanies change. 

Therapeutic Tools for Managing Life Transition

Therapy is a place to process life changes and help you to consider your expectations, hopes, and fears. In therapy, you can learn techniques to build self-awareness, adjust your mindset, and learn healthy ways of coping with difficult or uncomfortable feelings.

Therapy can help you remain anchored to yourself even if everything around you is changing. In therapy, you might discover that who you are is changing too, and you can learn to make peace with change itself.

You may simply need emotional support while you digest what’s happening. Therapy can also benefit you by serving as a consistent presence in your life during a time when things around you are in flux.