Life Transitions therapists in Santa Maria, CA
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Life Transitions
Liza Roth, MA, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
When we're young, we think of life transitions as exciting... uncharted terrain. It's not until we are in them that we realize they can be difficult and disorienting. Life as we knew it is changing and sometimes we're so busy with the logistics of the transition that rarely do we sit and feel the emotions that go along with this big shift as it's happening. Let me help you process what's happening so you can make sense of the changes to come.
5 Years Experience
In-Person Near Santa Maria, CA
Online in Santa Maria, 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 Maria, CA
Life Transitions
Alicia Stalker-Gallichio LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, SAP
At Alicia Stalker LMFT we provide Life Transitions Therapy. We understand that navigating life's transitions can be both exciting and overwhelming. Whether you're facing a significant change such as entering a new phase of your career, experiencing a relationships shift, becoming a parent, or adjusting to retirement, these moments can bring about a range of emotions including uncertainty and anxiety. Our services provide a safe and supportive environment to explore your feelings and experiences during these transitions.
21 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, 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 Maria, CA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Best Life Counseling Services
Counselor/Therapist, LPCC, LMFT, APCC
Major life changes—such as becoming a parent, career shifts, relationship changes, or other unexpected events—can bring both opportunity and uncertainty. Our therapists help clients navigate these transitions by providing a supportive space to process emotions, explore new perspectives, and build resilience. We work collaboratively to help clients move through change with greater clarity, confidence, and emotional support.
12 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Santa Maria is a Central Coast California city in Santa Barbara County with one of California's largest proportions of Latino residents and an economy anchored by agriculture, oil, and wine production—particularly in the nearby Santa Maria Valley wine region—and the mental health landscape reflects the specific challenges of a working-class agricultural community where many residents are farmworkers or their family members, facing occupational health risks, economic precarity, immigration stress, and limited access to services. Marian Regional Medical Center provides health services, and community health organizations serve the significant uninsured and underinsured farmworker population, though the gap between mental health need and available culturally competent Spanish-language care is persistent. Common therapy concerns include farmworker stress and occupational health, immigration trauma and undocumented status anxiety, family and intergenerational dynamics in a community navigating significant acculturation pressures, and access barriers in a city where the majority population is often underserved by formal mental health systems.
Life Transitions therapists in Santa Maria, CA Statistics
Life Transitions therapists in Santa Maria, CA average 13 years of experience and charge around $204 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (67%), Psychodynamic Therapy (48%), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (40%).
Average years in practice
13 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$204
Accept insurance
40%
Offer sliding scale
48%
Gender ID
| 76% |
Female |
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| 17% |
Male |
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| 5% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 67% |
In Person and Online |
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| 33% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 67% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 48% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 40% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 40% | Somatic Therapy |
| 37% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 35% | Relational Psychotherapy |
| 33% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 77% | Young Adult |
| 60% | Senior |
| 38% | Teen |
| 17% | Children |
Client Focus
| 73% | Women |
| 53% | LGBTQ+ |
| 37% | Hispanic / Latino |
| 37% | Men |
| 35% | Asian |