Life Transitions Therapists in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

I work with people experiencing life transitions, such as changes in career, relationships, identity, or personal direction. Life transitions can feel uncertain and unsettling, even when they are expected or positive changes, often leading to confusion, stress, or self-doubt. In our work together, we explore what this transition means for you personally and how it is affecting your thoughts, emotions, and sense of direction. This process can help you gain clarity, process change at your own pace, and reconnect with your values and strengths. My aim is to support you in navigating life transitions with greater confidence, self-understanding, and a clearer sense of where you want to go next.

Life transitions, whether chosen or unexpected, can bring uncertainty, loss, and disorientation. I help clients navigate these periods by making space for what is changing internally and externally, supporting a more grounded and flexible way of adapting to new stages of life.

Life transitions can be both exciting and overwhelming. Whether you're navigating a career change, the end of a relationship, becoming a parent, relocating, experiencing grief, or questioning your sense of purpose, periods of change can bring uncertainty, fear, and self-doubt. Through trauma-informed coaching, I provide a safe and supportive space to help you navigate these transitions with greater clarity and self-awareness. Together, we explore how past experiences and beliefs may be influencing your response to change, helping you build resilience, reconnect with your values, and move forward with confidence.

Major transitions - career change, loss, relationship endings, becoming a parent, relocating - often surface old material that had been successfully managed. The destabilisation of a transition can be an opening: a moment when the nervous system is already in flux and therefore more available for reorganisation. Focused somatic work during or after a significant transition can help you move through it, rather than around it.

My focus is on supporting men as they work through stress, anger, disconnection, and self-doubt. By encouraging honesty, vulnerability, and emotional clarity, I provide a safe and non-judgmental space to explore the challenges that show up in relationships, work, fatherhood, or identity. Counselling here isn’t about “fixing” you—it’s about guiding you back into connection: with yourself, your core values, and the people who matter most, so you can move forward with greater clarity and purpose. I see counselling as a collaborative and creative process, shaped by the needs and direction of each person I work with. My role is to offer steady support while creating room for healing, growth, and meaningful change. Ultimately, my aim is to help you deepen your relationship with yourself, others, and the world around you.

Aberdeen's identity is defined by its role as the center of the North Sea oil and gas industry — a boom-and-bust economy that has created recurring cycles of prosperity and anxiety, and where therapists frequently address the occupational and psychological effects of energy sector uncertainty, offshore work stress, and the identity challenges of an industry in energy transition. The city has two major universities — the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University — generating significant student mental health demand and clinical training programs that feed into the local therapy community. NHS Grampian provides public mental health services alongside a private therapy community. Aberdeen's geographical isolation at the northeast tip of Scotland, combined with the psychological effects of long, dark winters, means seasonal affective disorder and mood management are recurring clinical priorities.

Gender ID

	72%	Female
	17%	Male
	11%	Non-Binary

Session Type

	50%	In Person and Online
	50%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

56%	Somatic Therapy
50%	Internal Family Systems (IFS)
44%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
44%	Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
39%	Integrative Therapy
28%	Behavioral Therapy
28%	Jungian Therapy

Ages Served

100%	Adult
61%	Young Adult
33%	Senior
28%	Teen
17%	Children

Client Focus

61%	Women
50%	Men
44%	Buddhist
39%	Black / African American
39%	LGBTQ+

Life Transitions therapists in Aberdeen, Scotland Scotland, United Kingdom UK

Lakis Elezoglou

Mariana Amat

Lulu AlRashdi

Karine Flynn

Will Salter - Connected Man Counselling