LIFE TRANSITIONS THERAPY IN NORTH CAROLINA
Navigate life changes in counseling
Get anchored and moving purposely in your desired direction as you live your life in North Carolina.
Go confidently through life and embrace your authentic self.
FOR THE CHANGES IN LIFE THAT NEED A USER MANUAL
Work through life events in a clear, intentional way
Life transitions and surprising changes can be difficult, confusing, and stressful. Perhaps a pros and cons list got you nowhere. Logical advice from confident redditors fell short. Suggestions from friends did not work.
In life transitions therapy, you will receive support, encouragement, and validation as you rediscover the amazing person you are, while gaining new skills and supports in your life. Soon enough a growth-mindset emerges.
After recognizing and using the strengths you have, you can rebuild your self-confidence and have assurance that your decisions moving forward are anchored in prioritized life values and goals that matter the most to you.
OVERCOME CONFUSING LIFE SITUATIONS IN COUNSELING
An option for getting through life changes in North Carolina
Below is an example of how a client can process their present transitions in life and work through it. Yours would be specific to you and your situation.
VALUES ARE NOT GOALS
Find your direction and continually move towards it
Values are the things in life that you believe are most important. They define the ways you want to behave on an ongoing basis as you move through life, including the way you treat yourself and others.
Examples of values may be career, creativity, and fitness. Over time your values may shift and change, where some may rise to the top of the list and other values may fall off the radar.
Values are life-long, whereas goals are SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound). Goals may be achieved or not. With values, you work towards them but never fully satisfy or complete them. Your actions and decisions, whether small, big, or in-between, get you closer to and moving in the direction of values.
When your actions do not align with your life values, you may be discontent. For instance, you decide to put in extra hours at work to get a job promotion rather than heading home after business hours to spend time with the family. In this scenario, you may feel unsatisfied and irritated because you value and prioritize family over career, not the other way around. Mismatches in actions and values may not be as simple and clear cut as this. Luckily, you and your counselor can figure this out together and find a way through in therapy for life transitions.
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Self-Exploration
All counseling, including therapy for life transitions, requires self-exploration. As you build understanding of your present experience, you will also gain information about your thoughts and emotions through reflections from your counselor. Furthermore, you will reflect on your perception of yourself to collect insights about your identity, triggers, beliefs, and areas for growth. Knowing who you are today will equip you to be the person you want to be tomorrow.
THERAPY FOR LIFE TRANSITIONS, CUSTOMIZED TO YOU
Common Life Transitions and Challenges in North Carolina
Harness your life values and avoid future feelings of regret
Loss & Grief
Beginnings and endings are inevitable.
Losing your pet may feel like you've lost your best friend, and no one else sees it that way. You are left to grieve alone.
An impending divorce brings about so many losses and changes to your life's dreams and hopes for the future. You also hate the idea of having to date again in middle adulthood in Durham.
Loss and grief come up in different ways, and they are not always death-related.
Moving to a New Place
Building close friendships in childhood and adolescence came easy. You've settled in downtown Raleigh and do not know anyone. After trying to meet people, you experience difficulty making friends. New feelings of isolation emerge.
Career Development
Confidence in your professional abilities is strong. Your new, high-paying corporate job in Cary, however, has caused high levels of stress. What do you do? Perhaps unfair workplace politics may be at play and you're unsure how to address them.
Aging Parents/Family of Origin
As you get older, the realization hits that your parents are not as invincible as you thought they were. What's the right course of action in response to aging parents? How do you figure out your role in managing their health? Do they move in with your family in North Raleigh?
Family Planning
To have kids or not have kids? Raise them in North Carolina? Move outside of downtown Raleigh? Do we get a puppy first as a test run? Societal and/or familial pressures to have kids are real. Maybe having kids is not on your radar now or never will be.
There is a way out of this decision gridlock. Cuaresma Counseling helps you identify your desire for parenthood or a childless life apart from your decision to become a parent. We can figure out your answers to both, together.
Self-Discovery/Health Concerns
A situation presents itself where you need to align yourself with your personal values and reject cultural values. Can you do this?
Your health changed and your doctor diagnosed you with a chronic physical illness. What does this mean for you and your lifestyle in Charlotte moving forward?
Curious how we can work through your life transition?
Find out by scheduling a free, 15-minute video consultation with Janice.