TRANSITIONS:

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You can take back control.

When life changes, so do you.

Life transitions, whether expected or unexpected, can shake our sense of identity, purpose, and stability. At Wholehearted Journey Counseling (WHJ), we offer thoughtful, trauma-informed therapy to help you navigate seasons of change with clarity, resilience, and grace.

Whether you’re stepping into a new chapter or grieving what’s been left behind, we’re here to walk with you as you find your footing and reconnect with what matters most.

Here is what we know:

Even the most “normal” life transitions can feel disorienting. Therapy can help you identify where you are now, where you want to be, and how to get there.

Changes include:

  • A new relationship

  • Needing to end a relationship, including a marriage

  • Rejection from loved ones because of your identity, and working to build your own community

  • Grief + loss

  • Parenting

  • Children leaving the home

  • Complexities related to gender-affirming care

What is a life transition?

  • Career & Vocational Shifts:

    Explore purpose, burnout, retirement, or job loss with intentional reflection and next-step planning.

  • Caregiving & Aging:

    Navigate the emotional, physical, and relational demands of caregiving while tending to your own well-being.

  • Parenting & Empty Nesting:

    Adjust to changes in family roles, responsibilities, and identity with curiosity and compassion.

Supporting You Through Life’s Turning Points

  • Medical Diagnoses & Health Transitions

    Process chronic illness, recovery, or medical trauma in a safe, holistic space.

  • Relationship & Identity Changes

    Whether you're experiencing separation, divorce, or shifts in your self-perception, we help you move forward with integrity.

  • Grief & Ambiguous Loss

    Honor the losses that are hard to name, like letting go of what could have been or who you used to be.

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Why choose us for transition support?

  • 16+ years of experience supporting individuals through life’s most tender seasons

  • Deep integration of grief, trauma, and identity-focused work

  • Respectful, non-rushed approach tailored to your needs and timing

  • Grounded in whole-person care that honors emotional, physical, and spiritual shifts

  • Safe, attuned space to process uncertainty and make empowered decisions

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“Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is”.

– Seth Godin

Frequently asked questions:

  • A change or shift in life that alters our roles, routines, identity, or perspective

  • Graduations, starting a career, getting married, starting a family, moving to a new city, retirement, etc.

  • Divorce or breakup, job loss, illness, injury, loss, sudden financial hardship, etc.

  • - Loss of the familiar

    - Uncertainty or fear about the future

    - Opportunity for growth

    - Stress

Change can be hard, but you don’t have to face it alone.

Even the most “normal” life transitions can feel disorienting. Therapy offers a steady space to reflect, grieve, recalibrate, and grow. At WHJ, we help you listen inward and move forward with intention.

Your next chapter deserves thoughtful support. Schedule your free consultation today.

“You can start new chapters in your life because it's your life, your book.” - Oprah Winfrey.

“You can start new chapters in your life because it's your life, your book.” - Oprah Winfrey.