Change & Life Transitions

This page explores how change and uncertainty shape our lives, and how therapy can help us find steadiness, meaning, and freedom within transformation.

Becoming Change

Change is a constant force within our lives. To me, it feels like a fast-moving river—twisting and bending in sometimes chaotic and unexpected ways. In a sense, life itself is change. Without it, we would be forever locked into rigid patterns with no opportunity to grow or experience anything new. 

Change underpins all the challenges we face, pointing us toward the difficult truth that all things are impermanent. At the same time, change can be deeply life-affirming. It can serve as a catalyst, helping us grow and discover the capacity to meet our lives. 

Therapy offers a space to explore how change affects us. Together, we can pause, slow down, and examine what matters as we discover who we are becoming. Through authentic relationship and reflection, it’s my hope that you can find the grounding you need to navigate whatever lies ahead. 

Freedom and Responsibility

Each new choice we make carries the history of decisions before it. The freedom we have to make choices is the force that animates our humanity. However, that freedom comes with the weight of responsibility—the awareness that for every door we open, another closes. This is a deeply challenging aspect of our existence, and one that, in my experience, holds the most powerful opportunities for growth. 

In therapy, we explore how you are impacted by your choices through your lived experience. Many clients discover over time that what feels like indecision is often a form of self-protection—in effect postponing the anxiety that freedom brings. Together, we work to align your values, fears, and possibilities with the goal of allowing you to act with greater authenticity and intention. 

The Uncertainty of Becoming

As the philosopher Martin Heidegger wrote, death is “the impossibility of further possibility.” While this may sound abstract, it points to something profound that each of us experiences every day. When we become aware that our lives are finite, we start to see that choice itself is what gives life its meaning. This awareness—that our choices actively shape our life—is like an author writing a story. This concept of self-authorship is a powerful realization: we are the authors of our own existence. 

Uncertainty is not a flaw in life, but a defining condition that gives life meaning. To live is to step into the unknown again and again. In therapy, we learn to meet this uncertainty not as something to control, but as something to relate to—a teacher that calls us into deeper contact with life itself.