Life Transitions Therapists in Memphis, TN

Life transitions often come unexpectedly or without time to prepare. I work with my clients to assist them through their transitions while identifying the challenges along the way. Often, old thoughts, fears, and past traumas arise when life brings transition your way.

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker trained in perinatal mental health, as well as a trained postpartum doula and mother of two. I work alongside women during pregnancy, postpartum, and the many transitions that come with becoming a mother.

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.

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.

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.

Memphis has among the highest rates of poverty and violent crime in the United States, and its therapists frequently specialize in trauma, PTSD, and the psychological effects of chronic community-level violence and economic stress. The city's African American community — which comprises a majority of the population and carries a rich cultural heritage rooted in blues, soul, and civil rights history — drives strong demand for culturally affirming therapists who understand racial trauma and intergenerational resilience. Regional One Health and Baptist Memorial Health Care provide major institutional mental health resources alongside a growing network of community clinics. Memphis's deep musical identity sustains a creative community with its own distinctive mental health needs around artistic expression, economic precarity, and the weight of legacy.

Gender ID

	76%	Female
	21%	Male
	3%	Non-Binary

Session Type

	57%	In Person and Online
	43%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

76%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
43%	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
32%	Existential / Humanistic Therapy
32%	Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
30%	Psychodynamic Therapy
27%	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
24%	Family Systems Therapy

Ages Served

97%	Adult
73%	Young Adult
46%	Senior
38%	Teen
11%	Children

Client Focus

59%	Women
38%	LGBTQ+
35%	Men
24%	Hispanic / Latino
24%	Black / African American

Life Transitions therapists in Memphis, Tennessee TN

Veronica Holmes

Hannah Schonewill

Dr. Mike Lee

Starlain Saldana

Dr. Ryan Kitts Schallon

Life Transitions therapists in Memphis, Tennessee Statistics

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