Life Transitions
Some chapters end on schedule; most don't. A career that stopped fitting. A move that looked like opportunity and feels like exile. Divorce. Coming out. Leaving the service. Becoming a parent. The version of you that worked before doesn't quite work here — and the next version hasn't arrived.
Transitions are disorienting because they're identity events, not just logistics. That's exactly what therapy is built for.
Transitions we sit with often
- Career pivots, promotions that changed the deal, exits
- Relocation — into DC's transient professional current, or out of it
- Divorce and major relationship endings
- Coming out and identity shifts at any age
- Military-to-civilian transition
- New parenthood, empty nests, retirement
How therapy helps
First, steadiness — a place where the disorientation can be said out loud and organized. Then meaning-making: what actually ended, what you're carrying forward, what this next chapter is for. Psychodynamic and IFS work shine here, because transitions wake up every earlier version of you that ever had to adapt.
The measure of success isn't returning to who you were. It's arriving at who this chapter asks you to be — deliberately, rather than by default.
Practical details
55-minute sessions, $215 with sliding scale from $150–194. In person downtown or online across DC. If you're mid-upheaval, telehealth means the work doesn't depend on your week cooperating.
Common questions
Ready to begin?
The 15-minute consult is where most people begin.