Elizabeth Gessel, MFT

Life transitions are typically known as the larger life events that cause stress in our lives. These include moving, suffering a death of a loved one, changing jobs, getting married or having children. Even if the transitions are planned or looked forward to, they still are considered stressful for the dramatic change that they represent in your life.

Another perspective on life transitions considers periods of stress or depression as indicators that something new is trying to emerge or needs to emerge. The signs initially may be subtle, but if they are not paid attention to then they become more noticeable. The distress symptoms act to get your attention and let you know the old ways of doing things aren’t working as well anymore—change needs to happen!

It can be difficult to adapt to new challenges, environments or people. Sometimes nothing in our particular surroundings has changed, but our old ways of coping aren’t effective. This can be an indicator of internal changes that are not so obvious. When it's hard to see the forest for the trees it might be time to contact me. 818-640-8356