Online Life Transitions therapists in Mercer Island, Washington WA
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Life Transitions
Maria Jose Rendon
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I work with adults navigating significant life transitions, including career changes, immigration, relocation, and shifts in professional or cultural identity. This includes civil servants and international staff at multilateral development organizations like the World Bank, IDB, and IMF, who are contending with chronic uncertainty, survivor exhaustion after rounds of layoffs, and what's clinically known as moral injury, the toll of watching an institution you built your identity around get dismantled. It also includes first-generation professionals adjusting to roles their families never occupied. My approach is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which gives us a clear, structured way to work through the disorientation transitions bring and rebuild a sense of direction. I offer sessions in English or Spanish.
9 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Morgan Desai
Pre-Licensed Professional, LMFTA
Change, whether planned or not, can bring up a wide variety of emotions and challenges. Starting a new job, transitioning in or out of a relationship, moving to a new place, or entering into a new phase of life (adulthood, being a parent, retiring, etc.) can be exciting and wonderful, but can also bring up feelings such as guilt, grief, or uncertainty. It can be overwhelming and it is important that you feel seen and heard!
The way you experience and view these transitions can also be impacted by your family of origin and the broader systems you are apart of. Through therapy, we can process complex emotions, explore internal and external narratives that may be impacting your experience, and help you to feel empowered and secure throughout your transitions.
1 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Vanessa Hooper
Counselor/Therapist, LMHC, PMH-C
Even good changes can knock you off balance. Whether you are navigating a move, a new role, a relationship shift, or something else entirely, I help you find steady ground while you figure out who you are becoming.
6 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Bobby Newell
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, SEP
I specialize in helping individuals navigate life transitions—whether it’s starting college, changing careers, ending or beginning a relationship, or stepping into a new phase of life. Even positive change can feel overwhelming, bringing uncertainty, stress, or a sense of being ungrounded. Together, we focus on creating clarity, building resilience, and helping you stay connected to yourself as things shift around you. My approach combines practical tools with mind-body awareness, supporting you in moving through change with more confidence, stability, and intention.
27 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA
Life Transitions
Dr. Ryan Kitts Schallon
Psychologist, PsyD
Every major transition — a move, a loss, a new beginning, the end of something that defined you — strips away the structure you had been living inside without noticing. What remains can feel like nothing. That blankness is not emptiness. It is the space before the next thing, and it requires a particular kind of patience. Therapy during transition is not about figuring out the next step. It is about tolerating the interval long enough to discover what actually wants to emerge, rather than grabbing for the first thing that will make the uncertainty stop.
3 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA
Life Transitions
Roderic Burks - Integrative Mental Health
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MS, MS HSc, MA, LMHC, LPC
Life transitions can bring uncertainty, loss, and new opportunities that feel overwhelming. I help clients navigate these periods by exploring the emotions, patterns, and parts of themselves that are activated during change. Together, we build clarity, resilience, and strategies to move forward in alignment with your values and authentic self.
26 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Claire Yamashita
Pre-Licensed Professional, MSW, LICSWA
Life transitions can be scary. Change can be scary. But it does not have to be. Graduating school, changing careers, starting a family, or a change in relationship status can be an opportunity to grow and try new things, or a chance for our fears to get the best of us. We decide how we respond to any given situation. Change is inevitable, and it is up to us to fight it or flow with it.
3 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA
Life Transitions
Dr. Vanessa Vitiello
Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
I specialize in helping clients navigate major life transitions, such as pregnancy, postpartum, and identity shifts, with greater clarity and support. Together, we work to make sense of change and build tools to move through it with more ease.
11 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Brian McCormack (Connemara Counseling)
Counselor/Therapist, LPC-A/LMHCA
I assist individuals navigate life transitions, providing support during periods of change such as career shifts, relationship changes, relocation, or major life adjustments. Using a structured, evidence-based approach, I assist clients in managing uncertainty, processing emotions, and developing clarity and direction. My work focuses on building resilience, strengthening decision-making, and creating actionable plans, empowering clients to move through transitions with confidence and to establish a stable, meaningful next chapter.
2 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Gina Adorno
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CADC I
I help clients navigate major life transitions such as career changes, identity shifts, relationship changes, or recovery periods. Therapy provides space to slow down, clarify values, and make decisions that feel grounded rather than reactive. The focus is on integration and building stability during uncertainty.
6 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Pattie Vargas
Counselor/Therapist, CBC®️Certified Provider, Kessler Certified Grief Educator
Life transitions can be a catalyst for new growth or can leave us stuck in paralysis while we grieve all we are leaving behind. The end of a marriage, losing ground in your career, moving from a familiar hometown can all leave us feeling untethered and unable to find our way. Even the most accomplished and confident person can find themselves at a loss when all the recognizable signposts have been moved. During our time together, we can identify both the sorrow in moving forward and the new opportunities that may present themselves in disguise!
5 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Melanie Carey
Counselor/Therapist, LMHCA
Life transitions can bring both change and uncertainty, even when they are chosen or positive on the surface. Shifts such as career changes, relationship endings or beginnings, relocation, identity exploration, health changes, or emerging creative directions often stir deeper questions about who you are and how you want to live.
During these periods, it is common to feel ungrounded, emotionally activated, or disconnected from your usual sense of self. Even meaningful transitions can bring grief, anxiety, confusion, or a sense of being “in-between” identities or life chapters.
In therapy, we slow down and make space for the emotional and embodied experience of change. From a psychodynamic perspective, we explore how past transitions and attachment experiences may be shaping your current response to uncertainty, loss, or new beginnings.
Using Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, we also listen to the “felt sense” of transition — the often wordless, body-based experience of not yet knowing what comes next. This helps bring clarity and grounding from within, rather than forcing quick decisions or external answers.
Rather than rushing toward resolution, this work supports you in staying present with the threshold space of change. This can include processing grief for what is ending, making room for ambiguity, and gently sensing into what is emerging.
As nervous system regulation increases and inner clarity strengthens, many clients find they are able to move through transitions with more trust, steadiness, and self-compassion — even when the path ahead is not fully defined.
This approach is especially supportive for creatives, highly sensitive individuals, and those navigating identity shifts or life reinvention who want to move through change in a way that feels grounded, intentional, and internally guided.
2 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Dr. Danielle Watkins at Sound Wellness Counseling PLLC
Counselor/Therapist, PhD, LMFT, LMHC, NCC, PMH-C
When specializing in treating individuals and couples experiencing life transitions, treatment focuses on providing support as clients navigate significant changes such as career shifts, relationship changes, parenthood, relocation, loss, or identity development. Even positive transitions can bring stress, uncertainty, and self-doubt. This specialty provides a supportive space to process emotions, clarify values, strengthen coping skills, and build confidence during periods of change. The goal is to help clients adjust with resilience, gain clarity about their next steps, and move forward with greater balance and purpose.
18 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA
Life Transitions
Doria McGahey
Counselor/Therapist, LMHC
We all go through a number of transitions in life and sometimes you need support in navigating the hard stuff. Often our identity is tied to different roles in life like: career, parent, child, sibling, partner, athlete, caregiver, etc and when things shift in our lives it can cause a lot of distress and leave you feeling disoriented. Questions like, who am I now that my kids are grown up? or in menopause or aging? or I'm retired? or single? You may find that you are experiencing anxiety, depression, existential questions, fear, or even self-esteem issues. I focus on this area because I know how important it is to have someone help you explore and move through these changes feeling open, empowered, and engaged rather than from a. place of fear.
7 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Gary D. Alexander
Marriage and Family Therapist, MS, MFT, NCC
Life transitions can include experiences such as career changes, relationship shifts, divorce, relocation, aging, or other moments when life begins to feel uncertain or unfamiliar. In therapy we explore not only the practical adjustments these changes require, but also the deeper emotional and relational meanings they may carry. As these experiences are better understood, many people begin to find greater clarity, resilience, and a renewed sense of direction.
23 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA
Life Transitions
Salvadore Coaching LLC
Life Coach, Holistic Life Coach, Certified Breathwork Instructor, Certified Hypnotist
As we move through life, we may have a job, build a career, and ultimately be drawn toward what I like to call a “way of life.” Transitions often arrive when the old identity no longer serves—when something internally is shifting, and the question becomes not only what should I do, but who am I becoming, and how do I want to live?
In our work together, we create space to step out of the loop and turn down the volume of urgency and fear so you can hear what matters. We move to clarify values, name what you’re leaving behind, and identify the patterns—overthinking, avoidance, self-doubt—that can keep you stuck in the in-between. Often, the strategies we use to protect ourselves during a transition can quietly narrow the life we want.
The goal is to move through change with steadiness and self-trust, and to take next steps that feel aligned with the life you’re ready to build.
14 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA
Life Transitions
Rewilding Earth & Psyche - Tyler Mostul, MSN
Life Coach, Earth-Based Depth Coach, Master's in Nursing - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Life transitions are often great opportunities for growth and transformation. We usually have to be willing to take great risks and face our fears in order to experience the gifts of the transition. Too often these opportunities are wasted, and a person ends up changing only superficially while the roots stay the same. One focus of my work is helping people to transform at a deep level during a transition.
6 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Alignwell Modern Therapy
Counselor/Therapist
Big life transitions can bring uncertainty, stress, and questions about identity or direction. We support individuals navigating major changes such as career shifts, relationship changes, relocation, or new life stages, while helping them process emotions, build clarity, and move forward with greater confidence and stability.
20 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA
Life Transitions
Carolyne Mburu-Gerena
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP-BC
Major life changes such as career shifts, relocation, relationship changes, or new responsibilities can create stress and emotional uncertainty. I help individuals navigate these transitions by building coping strategies, clarifying goals, and strengthening emotional resilience. Support during these periods can help individuals adjust more confidently and maintain emotional balance.
6 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Tacoma Wellness Collective
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Some of life's hardest moments aren't crises — they're changes. A new job, a relationship ending, a move, a loss, becoming a parent, leaving a career, watching your kids grow up and out. Transitions that look like progress on the outside can feel disorienting, grieving, or completely unmooring on the inside.
That tension is real. And it deserves more than "this is a good thing, you should be grateful."
At TWC, we work with adults in the middle of change — helping them process what's being left behind, find footing in what's ahead, and understand who they are becoming in the space between. Transitions often surface older patterns and unresolved grief. We don't rush past that. We work with it.
If you're in a season of change and struggling to find solid ground, you don't have to navigate it alone.
If this resonates, we'd love to support you.
13 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA
Life Transitions therapists in Mercer Island, Washington Statistics
Life Transitions therapists in Mercer Island, Washington average 13 years of experience and charge around $192 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Life Transitions (100%), Anxiety or Fears (80%), and Depression (76%).
Average years in practice
13 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$192
Gender ID
| 76% |
Female |
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| 20% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 50% |
In Person and Online |
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| 50% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Life Transitions |
| 80% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 76% | Depression |
| 72% | Stress |
| 63% | Self Esteem |
| 61% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 57% | Women's Issues |