Online Life Transitions therapists in Santa Cruz, California CA
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Life Transitions
Ben Leddick
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Uncertainty and not knowing what will happen can be scary. Often times individuals will either escape through avoidance or numbing out, or they will control as much of life as they can to prevent uncertainty. However, a reality of life is that things will change and you will face challenges. What you get to control is how you respond to those changes.
3 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Alyssa Habschmidt
Therapist, AMFT
Life transitions can bring up fear, stress, uncertainty, and overwhelm—even when the change is positive and deeply wanted. Whether you're navigating shifts in relationships, career, family, relocation, or becoming a parent, you don't have to do it alone. I can help you process change, gain clarity, and move forward with greater confidence and self-trust.
2 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Chris 'Bucky' Bateman
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Major life transitions ; a new marriage, a career change, the loss of a relationship, becoming a parent, or simply the quiet sense that life needs to look different can shake even the most grounded person. Therapy provides a steady space to process what's changing, clarify what you want, and move forward with more intention and confidence. Transitions are hard. They're also an invitation to grow.
21 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Alejandra Kenia Ipina
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Women experience life transitions that may contribute to identity shifts all while caring for our family, loved ones, or careers. Whether you are navigating relationship stressors, life transitions, motherhood, or identity shifts somatic therapy can help you reconnect with what's valuable to you.
9 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Nes Pinar Psychotherapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I help people with developmental trauma navigate life transitions by creating a grounded, compassionate space to understand why these moments can feel so overwhelming. Together, we explore the old survival strategies that get activated during change and gently build new ways of relating to yourself that feel safer and more aligned. My approach is warm, steady, and collaborative—supporting you as you move through transition with more clarity, self‑trust, and emotional resilience.
15 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Mia Turner
Therapist, MA, RYT, ASDCS, LMFT, NPT-C, CMNCS, CMIP
Life transitions often hold both possibility and uncertainty, growth and grief, excitement and disorientation. Whether navigating career changes, relationship shifts, parenthood, neurodivergent discovery, disability, chronic illness, identity exploration, aging, relocation, caregiving, spiritual shifts, educational transitions, retirement, or major life decisions, periods of change can invite us to reconsider who we are, what matters, and how we want to move through the world.
Transitions are not only practical experiences. They are often nervous system experiences, identity experiences, relational experiences, and sometimes deeply emotional or existential ones. Even changes that are welcomed or chosen can bring loss, complexity, ambiguity, and unexpected challenges alongside hope, relief, and possibility.
This work creates space to make sense of change at a pace that honors your capacity, pace, and lived experience. Exploration may include emerging identities, shifting roles, changing relationships, questions of belonging, evolving values, grief for what is ending, and uncertainty about what comes next. Particular attention is given to the ways culture, family expectations, neurodivergence, disability, chronic illness, spirituality, and other intersecting identities shape how transitions are experienced and navigated.
My approach integrates mindfulness, somatic therapy, EMDR, parts work, neuropsychotherapy, expressive arts, and liberation-oriented healing to support greater self-understanding, nervous system regulation, flexibility, and self-trust during times of change. Rather than rushing toward answers or certainty, therapy offers space to listen for what is emerging, honor what is being left behind, and remain connected to yourself as new possibilities unfold. Often, the work is less about finding the "right" path and more about cultivating the clarity, courage, and self-trust to walk it in a way that feels aligned with your values, needs, and authentic self.
10 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Layla Ashley Psychotherapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Major transitions, such as career changes, relocation, relationship shifts, or becoming a parent, can bring uncertainty and stress. Therapy helps you navigate these periods with greater clarity and confidence.
23 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Heidi Hartston
Psychologist, PhD
Life transitions like divorce or relationship changes, empty nest, career change, relocation, retirement, or big life decisions can leave you feeling isolated, unsure of yourself and anxious. It takes tremendous courage to make a bold change. And no one really knows in advance exactly how it will turn out. As Martin Luther King Jr said, "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." Collaborating with a skilled therapist can give you the support you need to find clarity and take wise, well thought through calculated risks that will open up possibilities for you. I combine insightful, caring depth work with evidence based techniques that effectively free you from old patterns, and help you to establish the balanced, happy life you deserve.
35 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Melanie Simms
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
The transition to adulthood is HARD. I support teenagers and young adults with navigating the unique challenges related to moving from childhood to adulthood. This includes reflecting on one's childhood, healing from traumatic childhood experiences, exploring one's values, and making intentional choices to build the life they want and deserve. Our brains continue developing until our mid-20s and while that might make planning and decision making more difficult during this phase of life, it also means the brain is more elastic and quicker to heal.
11 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Dr. Mazmanyan and Associates
Psychologist, Ph.D
Making a big life decision? That is a hard one. You don't have to do it alone. We will be with you, empower you as you come to understand which decision will be best for you.
11 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Rose Snyder, EdM, PsyD, LLC
Psychologist, PsyD
Working with clients during big life transitions is a particularly fruitful time. I bring in multiple approaches to help in transitions, including coping skills, insight-oriented work, steady support in our therapeutic relationship, and nervous system regulation techniques for stabilization. Life transitions can be wonderful opportunities for growth, even if they can be rocky in the process. I view myself somewhat as a midwife through the experience, helping guide you and encourage you as you birth into your next chapter.
23 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Emily St. Amant
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC-MHSP-S (TN), LPCC (CA)
Many of my clients come to therapy during times of transition and changes in their life, which can be quite stressful and also can activate old wounds and issues.
18 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
New Beginnings Christian Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Life transitions—whether it’s marriage, divorce, career changes, parenthood, relocation, or grief—can bring both opportunity and uncertainty. These periods often stir up anxiety, self-doubt, and emotional overwhelm. In therapy, we provide a safe and supportive space to process these changes, explore your emotions, and clarify your values and goals. Together, we develop practical coping strategies, strengthen resilience, and foster emotional and spiritual growth. With Christ-centered guidance, clients are empowered to navigate life’s transitions with confidence, clarity, and hope.
15 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
The Connection Clinic
Marriage and Family Therapist
Life transitions can be daunting, but our team is here to guide you through them with support and understanding. We offer strategies to foster resilience and adaptation during these periods of change.
9 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Monica M. Huston
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Major life changes—whether expected or sudden—can bring uncertainty, stress, and a sense of disorientation. I help individuals navigate transitions by understanding how these changes connect to identity, relationships, and internal expectations. Therapy focuses on gaining clarity, adapting to change, and moving forward with greater intention.
9 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Jaclyn Epstein-Calvert
Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT
Life transitions can bring both opportunity and uncertainty. I work with adults and parents who are navigating major changes such as becoming a parent, shifts in relationships, career changes, relocation, or other periods of personal growth and adjustment. Even positive changes can create stress, self-doubt, or a sense of feeling ungrounded.
In therapy, we create space to slow down and make sense of these transitions. My approach integrates relational and neuroscience-informed perspectives to help clients better understand their emotional responses, clarify what matters most to them, and move through change with greater confidence and self-understanding. Together, we work to build resilience and support clients in navigating new chapters in a way that feels authentic and aligned with their values.
11 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Katie Burgess
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, PMH-C
Significant life transitions can impact all areas of life. Our minds love stability and sameness, so even the best kind of changes can be impactful to our systems. If you're walking through a transition or change in life, we can work together to help you walk this season of change well.
15 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Ebony Jones, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I treat clients experiencing symptoms often associated with trauma like Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, self-esteem issues, and relationship challenges.
20 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA
Life Transitions
Amy @ Inner Nature Therapy
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, PMH-C
Many folks come to therapy in the midst of a life transition. As someone who specializes in women's issues, I absolutely love supporting women who are entering pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, job changes, or divorce.
13 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Jennifer Pudlo Therapy & Wellness Consulting
Marriage and Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Life transitions—whether expected or unexpected—can bring uncertainty, grief, stress, and a loss of direction, even when they lead to positive change. I provide a supportive and compassionate space to help you process these changes, navigate the emotions that accompany them, and develop the resilience needed to move forward with confidence. Together, we'll identify your strengths, clarify what matters most to you, and help you embrace this new chapter with greater purpose, balance, and hope.
16 Years Experience
Online in Santa Cruz, CA (Online Only)
Life Transitions therapists in Santa Cruz, California Statistics
Life Transitions therapists in Santa Cruz, California average 13 years of experience and charge around $194 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Life Transitions (100%), Anxiety or Fears (71%), and Depression (68%).
Average years in practice
13 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$194
Gender ID
| 74% |
Female |
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| 15% |
Male |
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| 8% |
Non-Binary |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 66% |
In Person and Online |
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| 34% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Life Transitions |
| 71% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 68% | Depression |
| 63% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 63% | Stress |
| 58% | Self Esteem |
| 58% | Women's Issues |