Life Transitions | Due North Psychology

Struggling with a life transition?

We are here to help

What’s happening for you right now?

Becoming a parent
Feeling lost after a loss
After a medical diagnosis
After finishing study
Career change
After divorce
Menopause

Or feeling scared to take the next step into...

Finding a new relationship
Leaving a relationship of any kind that is not working for you - friendship, sibling, parent or romantic
Taking a new job
Having a child
Retirement
Returning to work after having a child or emigrating
Changing countries or a new suburb or a new friend group

Transitions bring up a lot of fear

Of change, Of identity, Of the unknown

Sometimes because of fear, we don’t transition into a new situation instead, we procrastinate, or we throw ourselves into the situation, but carry a lot of tension or fear in our bodies or minds or find ourselves being moody or irritable with people we love.

At Due North Psychology we firmly believe that times of transition can be opportunities for great new growth as a person, and that growth can enhance us, develop us and allow us to contribute even more to our communities.

Major Life Events

Have you had a recent medical diagnosis?

For example, after a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, I have had clients go through loss of employment, changes in relationships, loss of identity, Fear of their own bodies, anticipation of pain…and work through the entire process to become advocates for people, living with disability to find new, more meaningful work to have richer more fulfilling relationships, and to know themselves in such a way that they could never have imagined before the diagnosis.

Are you welcoming a new family member?

We have seen potential, parents arrive grey with fear about the capacity to manage fear of loss of income, fear of loss of identity from their previous work.

The fear of repeating the patterns of the past, their own parents, and fear of the loss of their relationship as it is before they have children.

We’ve seen them leave our rooms bright with hope, full of courage, live in their relationship and full of creativity and excitement for what they can bring into the world times of transition can be challenging, but from a challenge we can develop and grow, and become so much more than we ever thought we could be.