Life Transitions Therapy in Chicago

A life transition can be any meaningful change that affects the way you see yourself, your relationships, your routines, or your future. Common transitions include graduating, moving, changing careers, starting or ending a relationship, getting married, becoming a parent, experiencing grief or loss, caring for aging parents, navigating an empty nest, or entering a new stage of adulthood.

Transitions don’t have to be negative to be difficult. Even changes you’ve chosen or looked forward to can bring stress, grief, uncertainty, or unexpected emotions.

You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. You might consider reaching out if a change is leaving you anxious, overwhelmed, lonely, stuck, disconnected from yourself, or unsure what to do next.

Therapy can also be helpful when you’re functioning well but find yourself questioning your relationships, career, identity, priorities, or the direction you want your life to take.

Absolutely. Choosing a change doesn’t mean you’re supposed to feel good about every part of it.

A move, new job, marriage, graduation, or becoming a parent can be something you genuinely wanted while also bringing loss, stress, uncertainty, or changes to your identity and relationships. Therapy gives you room for those experiences to coexist without assuming that difficult feelings mean you’ve made the wrong choice.

Yes! But with some exceptions. There are 3 situations where, legally and ethically (whether we want to or not) we would have to break your confidentiality. These include if we learn of any potential child or elder abuse from you, we determine that you are at risk of harming yourself or someone else, or we receive a court order for your medical records. Also, some of our providers are under supervision and regularly consult with their supervisor about their client sessions. Supervisors have the same obligation to client confidentiality.

Yes. You don’t need to have a plan before coming to therapy. In fact, uncertainty is often part of a life transition.

Therapy can help you explore your values, needs, fears, expectations, and possibilities so that you can make decisions with greater clarity and confidence rather than feeling pressured to immediately figure everything out.

There isn’t one set timeline. Some people come to therapy for support through a specific transition and find that relatively short-term work meets their needs. Others discover that the transition connects to longer-standing patterns, relationships, or questions they want to explore more deeply.

You and your therapist can talk about what you’re hoping to get from therapy and regularly check in about what feels helpful.

Our therapy rate for the first two sessions is $250. After that, 55 minute sessions are $225.

Most of our therapists are in network with United Healthcare/Optum, BCBS PPO and Aetna insurance.

Yes! We offer virtual therapy for moms as well as in-person. Sometimes, especially when life is chaotic, it’s easier for our clients to get support from a therapist over video.