Mid-Life Transition
Are you experiencing a mid-life transition?
What this is…
There's a moment that arrives for many people somewhere in the middle of life — not always dramatic — when the life you've built starts to feel like it belongs to someone else. The goals you chased and the version of yourself you've been presenting to the world no longer fit the way they used to. Carl Jung understood this as one of the most significant psychological passages a person can make — a necessary turning inward, from a life organized around achievement and external validation toward one organized around meaning, authenticity, and deeper self-knowledge. It's disorienting. It's also an invitation.
Who this is for…
You might be in the right place if:
You've done everything right and find yourself wondering if any of it was actually what you wanted
A transition — divorce, an empty nest, a career change, the death of a parent — has cracked something open and you're not sure what's underneath
You're grieving a version of yourself or a future you thought you were moving toward
The roles that defined you — parent, partner, professional — are shifting and you're not sure who you are outside of them
You feel a pull toward something you can't name and don't know how to follow it
You're aware of mortality in a new way, and it's changed how you see everything
What we work on…
Midlife transition rarely announces itself cleanly. It often arrives as depression, anxiety, restlessness, or a generalized sense that something is wrong without a clear cause. In therapy, we work to understand what this particular passage is asking of you — what needs to be grieved, what needs to be released, and what's trying to emerge. Drawing on Jungian ideas about the natural arc of psychological development, we pay attention to the parts of yourself that were set aside in the first half of life — desires, qualities, and truths that didn't fit the person you were building — and what it might mean to integrate them now.
How to get started…
Working together starts with a complimentary consultation call that lasts about fifteen minutes. It helps me to hear briefly what’s bringing you into therapy at this time. I can then answer any questions you may have and share more about how I work. From there you might decide to schedule a session. The best way to tell if we are a fit is to have a session or few. My wish is for you to find the best therapist for your needs, whether that’s me or someone else and we can discover that together by beginning the process and seeing what unfolds.