LIFE TRANSITIONS

Support Through Change, Grounding Through Growth

Some life transitions, like moving into adulthood, starting a career, entering or ending relationships, becoming a parent, or retiring, are expected milestones, but that doesn’t mean they’re easy. Others, such as sudden loss, illness, or unexpected changes in circumstance, can catch us off guard. Even when transitions are positive or planned, they can stir up feelings of uncertainty, grief, anxiety, and self-doubt. These moments often surface deeper questions about identity, purpose, and belonging.

North Star Therapy specializes in helping our clients navigate life transitions. We know that life changes are an inevitable part of being human. We help our clients navigate the emotional impact. Our approach is grounded in empathy, collaboration, and deep respect for their inner experience.

How Psychotherapy Can Help With Life Transitions

At North Star Therapy, individual psychotherapy offers a safe, confidential space to explore your inner world and find stability in the midst of change. Together, we’ll work to make sense of your emotional experience, reconnect with your strengths, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.

We will help to address distressing symptoms of anxiety, low mood, increased self-criticism or doubt, difficulties with decision making and strains on relationships.  As well as support you in clarifying your values, what is important to you and how your own particular life circumstances may be impacting your mental health.

Our Approaches to Therapy

At North Star Therapy, we use an integrated approach, drawing on multiple therapeutic modalities that best match what works for you.  We primarily use evidence-based, depth-oriented approaches that honour the complexity of your experience, such as:

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

    Helps you understand and heal the parts of you that may feel overwhelmed, stuck, or protective during transitions.

  • Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)

    Supports you in accessing, processing, and transforming intense emotions that surface during change.

  • Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)

    Focuses on how relationship dynamics, roles, and communication patterns may shift during life changes.

  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

    Offers insight into past experiences and unconscious patterns that may be influencing your current struggles.

These approaches allow us to work not just on the surface, but at the deeper levels where lasting transformation takes place.

You're Not Alone in This

Whether you’re navigating early adulthood, adjusting to midlife, or facing the transitions that come with aging and retirement, therapy can be a powerful support. These moments of change are also moments of potential, where healing, insight, and personal growth can take root.

Let’s walk through this transition together. Reach out today to learn more or schedule a consultation.