Life Transitions

What is a life transition?

Life transitions occur many times throughout a person's life. They are events that occur that lead to a transformation of some kind, and the starting of something new. Some life transitions involve big changes that are choices, like getting married, getting divorced, or choosing to start a new job. Some life transitions involve big changes that are not necessarily choices that we made, like going through the hormonal and bodily changes of puberty or menopause.

Still other life transitions that we often overlook due to the frequency with which they occur can include going from the school year to summer break as a child, starting a new grade with a new teacher, taking a promotion within a company, and adding a new hobby or volunteer role to your plate. 

Many life transitions are celebrated by our loved ones, which may minimize or ignore the difficult emotions that arise while going through the change. A child may see their parents celebrating that they graduated elementary school, and therefore feel it is inappropriate to express their anxiety about going to middle school. An adult may celebrate their wedding to their partner, yet quietly carry anxiety about married life. 

Interested in reading more about therapy for life transitions?
Check out Meg Ockovic's blog, Life is a Series of Transitions.

How can therapy help me through a life transition?

Therapy is often focused on helping individuals express and process their feelings about their current situations and struggles in a safe, non-judgmental, welcoming environment. A therapist is able to sit with you (in person or online) and help you to process the emotions that are coming up related to your current life transition. Sometimes it is even helpful to process feelings related to past life transitions that have for some time been ignored or "put on a shelf". Our therapists will never judge you for having the feelings you are having. They will help you to better understand them and cope with them.

Therapy is helpful during or following a life transition in assimilating to a new identity that may be formed due to the transition. A life transition - from fiancé to husband, from student to employee, from adolescent to teen, from woman to mother - can come with a reorganization of our identity. Having someone to talk through that with can be extremely helpful.

Online therapy in NY for Life Transitions

Life transitions can often make us busy, as changes are occurring. For this reason, online therapy in NY can be a beneficial alternative to in office therapy appointments. Online therapy in NY can help you to conveniently fit in therapy amongst the other things going on in life. Your online therapist can meet with you during your lunch break at work. They can meet with you after you finish your homework in the late evening. They can meet with you in a private room in your college library or your dorm room. The convenience of being able to attend therapy online helps therapy to work into your schedule instead of you having to work your schedule around therapy.

Online therapy in NY can also be helpful for those going through life transitions that involve being in different places. For example, college students going to school in the state of NY can work with one of our online therapists whether they are at school or at home. For people who are going through a move within the state of NY, online therapy can allow you to work with your therapist prior to and after the move. When you are already going through life transitions, we hope to not make having to change therapists an additional transition to endure.

Questions about Therapy for Life Transitions?

If you have questions about our services about life transitions or online therapy in NY for life transitions, call us at (516) 406-8991. Speak with a therapist to answer your questions.

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