Online Life Transitions therapists in Madison, Wisconsin WI
We are proud to feature top rated online Life Transitions therapists in Madison. We encourage you to review each profile to find your best match.
Life Transitions
Brooke Maffia Wang
Pastoral Counselor/Therapist, MA
Life is beautiful and heartbreaking, and everything in between. Together we listen for a sense of Sacred Presence and what feels like the next right step in the midst of the transition you are walking through.
23 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI
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 Madison, WI (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Madison Zimbal
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA counseling intern under supervision
Life transitions can feel unsettling even when they are expected. Changes such as starting or ending relationships, graduating, beginning a new job, adjusting to family shifts, or moving into new stages of life can bring uncertainty, self-doubt, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm. I provide a supportive space for those navigating seasons of change and trying to find stability in the midst of it. During transitions, it is common to feel “in between”, no longer where you were, but not yet sure of where you are going. In therapy, we work to slow that process down and make sense of what is changing emotionally, mentally, and relationally. This often includes exploring identity, expectations, fears, and the pressure to have everything figured out. My approach is compassionate and practical. I help clients build grounding skills for managing anxiety and emotional stress while also exploring the deeper meaning of the transition they are experiencing. This combination allows for both immediate support and long-term growth. For clients who desire it, Christian counseling can also be incorporated to support hope, direction, and spiritual grounding during uncertain seasons. Faith can become a source of stability and reassurance as clients navigate change. My goal is to help clients feel more anchored and confident as they move through life’s transitions, trusting that even uncomfortable change can lead to growth, clarity, and new beginnings.
1 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI
Life Transitions
Heinig Health and Wellness Counseling
Psychologist, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, M.S. Health Psychology, M.A. Clinical Psychology, PSYPACT Providers
Life transitions can bring both opportunity and uncertainty, whether moving into college, graduate school, a new career, retirement, or other major life changes. We provide supportive, goal-oriented psychotherapy to help individuals navigate these shifts with greater clarity and confidence. Our approach focuses on managing stress, adjusting to new roles and expectations, strengthening coping skills, and clarifying personal values and direction. We work collaboratively with clients to foster resilience, adaptability, and a renewed sense of purpose during times of change.
7 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI (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 Madison, WI (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Amy Holder
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CIMPH
Major life changes can feel overwhelming, even when they are positive. I help clients navigate transitions with greater clarity, resilience, and self-trust as they adjust to new roles, identities, and possibilities.
15 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Starlain Saldana
Psychologist, PhD, LP
Whether we actively seek a life transition or one happens to us outside our control, we will process the areas of loss and the difficulty these moments often bring to our lives. We will also look for space in these transitions that offer opportunities to re-evaluate the direction of our lives in order to build a life more aligned with our ultimate wants and hopes.
17 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI
Life Transitions
Dr. Karina Luaces
Psychologist, PsyD.
Major life changes — career shifts, relationship changes, loss, relocation, or entering a new chapter — can leave us feeling unmoored. Therapy offers a space to process, find clarity, and move forward with greater confidence and emotional steadiness.
7 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI
Life Transitions
Dr. Rae Mazzei
Psychologist, PsyD
I specialize in helping adolescents and adults navigate life transitions with greater confidence, resilience, and clarity. Major changes such as career shifts, relationship changes, marriage, divorce, parenthood, infertility, relocation, retirement, health concerns, and other significant life events can bring uncertainty, stress, and emotional challenges. Using evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and mindfulness-based strategies, I help clients adapt to change, manage anxiety and self-doubt, strengthen coping skills, and reconnect with their values and goals. My goal is to help clients successfully navigate life's transitions while building a meaningful and fulfilling future.
12 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Dr. Kimberly E. Johnson
Psychologist, PsyD, HSPP, APIT
Life is a series of changes, so good, some bad. Resiliency and flexibility are critical tools to help us navigate through. Change your perspective to see all the options before you. I help people persevere through "adulting", getting the first professional job, relationships, marriage, divorce, grief and loss and any other life transition. Your role in the family, at work, relationships and life also may need to change to achieve the balance and support you deserve. "We train people how to treat us." Sometimes we need to also train ourselves to become what we should be.
19 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI (Online Only)
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 Madison, WI
Life Transitions
Dr. Brittany Jacobson
Psychologist, PhD, CST
Transitions can challenge your sense of stability, even when they’re leading you toward something new. In our work, we focus on helping you adapt, process, and find your footing again. I will support you in feeling more grounded, hopeful, and trusting in yourself as you move into this next chapter.
10 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI
Life Transitions
Tatiana Turo-Handy, PsyD., PMH-C
Psychologist, PsyD. PMH-C
Life transitions—whether planned or unexpected—can bring a mix of stress, uncertainty, and emotional overwhelm. As a bilingual (Spanish/English) psychologist, I provide supportive, evidence‑based therapy to help individuals navigate major changes such as becoming a parent, shifting roles in relationships, career transitions, relocation, identity changes, or evolving family dynamics. Therapy offers a space to process complex emotions, strengthen coping skills, and regain a sense of stability and direction during periods of adjustment.
10 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI
Life Transitions
Kourtney Bennett
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Major life changes—even positive ones—can bring uncertainty, stress, and questions about identity or direction. Whether you're navigating career changes, relationships, parenthood, graduate school, or another transition, therapy can help you move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
9 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI
Life Transitions
Dr. Meghan Miller
Psychologist, PsyD, LP
Major life transitions—career shifts, leadership changes, motherhood, relationship changes, relocation, or identity shifts—can stir up uncertainty, anxiety, and self-doubt, even when the change is positive. These moments often challenge how you see yourself and what you thought your life would look like. In therapy, I integrate CBT and values-based work to help you process the emotional impact of change, clarify what matters most in this season, and move forward with intention. Whether you’re stepping into a new role or reevaluating long-held expectations, our work will focus on helping you navigate change with greater clarity, resilience, and alignment.
14 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Dr. Elizabeth Coldren
Psychologist, PSYD, PSYPACT
I work with people whose lives have been disrupted or reshaped in ways that ask real questions about who they are now. This might include graduating and stepping into adult life, feeling unsure about next steps in a demanding career, becoming a parent or adding a child, separation or divorce, major shifts in important relationships, retirement, moves that change your community, health changes, or later‑life questions about how you want to live the time ahead. Even wanted or carefully planned changes can feel disorienting. You might notice old patterns resurfacing, feel pulled between different parts of yourself, or find that what used to motivate you no longer does. People around you may expect you to be excited, grateful, or to “figure it out,” while inside you feel unsettled, numb, or unsure which way to go. In our work together, we focus on helping your nervous system and daily life stabilize enough to move through this transition, while also exploring the deeper questions of meaning, purpose, and identity that it brings up. We pay attention to what is ending, what is beginning, and what feels most true for you now, so the change you are living through can become more grounded and more aligned with a life that actually fits you.
26 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI
Life Transitions
Jessica Anderson, PsyD
Psychologist, PsyD
Feeling like you always have to get everything “just right” can be exhausting. Perfectionism often leads to stress, procrastination, and fear of making mistakes, even when you’re capable and driven. My focus centers around teaching individuals how to manage high expectations, reduce self-criticism, and build confidence in their efforts, not just the outcome.
21 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Dr. Mike Lee
Psychologist
Life transitions can unsettle familiar ways of understanding oneself, especially when changes in work, relationships, family, identity, health, or stage of life bring old assumptions into question. I help individuals make sense of what is ending, what is emerging, and what may be asking to develop within them. Therapy can provide a steady place to reflect, grieve, reorient, and move toward a life that feels more deeply one’s own.
13 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI
Life Transitions
Christine Sparacino
Psychologist, PsyD
Life is full of transitions. Whether we are graduating from college, becoming a parent for the first time, getting married, entering midlife, we can count on transitions and that our identity will shift as our life does. Therapy can provide tremendous support as we move through a transition.
23 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Mun & Mind Therapy PLLC
Psychologist
Major life changes—even positive ones—can bring stress, uncertainty, and emotional upheaval. Whether you are navigating a career change, entering adulthood, becoming a parent, moving, ending a relationship, or redefining your identity, therapy can help you process the challenges and opportunities that come with transition. We work with clients to build resilience and move forward with intention and confidence.
2 Years Experience
Online in Madison, WI (Online Only)
Madison is home to the University of Wisconsin — one of the top research universities in the country — and serves as Wisconsin's state capital, giving it an unusually high concentration of academics, researchers, and government professionals who collectively represent one of the most therapy-positive demographics in the Midwest. The city's progressive political culture and high rate of higher education strongly correlate with high therapy utilization and acceptance across multiple demographics. UW Health and SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital provide institutional mental health resources, with a well-developed private practice community serving Willy Street, Atwood, and the Near East Side. Madison's growing Latino and East African communities — particularly Hmong and Somali residents — are increasing demand for multilingual and culturally grounded therapists.
Life Transitions therapists in Madison, Wisconsin Statistics
Life Transitions therapists in Madison, Wisconsin average 14 years of experience and charge around $203 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Life Transitions (100%), Anxiety or Fears (83%), and Depression (80%).
Average years in practice
14 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$203
Gender ID
| 83% |
Female |
|
| 17% |
Male |
|
Session Type
| 57% |
In Person and Online |
|
| 43% |
Online Only |
|
Top Specialties
| 100% | Life Transitions |
| 83% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 80% | Depression |
| 77% | Stress |
| 70% | Self Esteem |
| 63% | Perfectionism |
| 57% | Loss or Grief |