Life Transitions therapists in Poulsbo, WA
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Life Transitions
Alyssa Smyth
Psychologist, PhD
Periods of life transition can leave even confident people feeling uncertain about what comes next. Changes in career, relationships, identity, or major life roles often bring both opportunity and emotional strain. In therapy, I help clients think clearly through transitions, process the stress of change, and move forward with greater confidence and stability.
6 Years Experience
In-Person in Poulsbo, WA 98370
Online in Poulsbo, WA
Life Transitions
Cascade Psychological Services, PLLC
Psychologist, PsyD, PMH-C
Even welcome changes can unsettle identity, relationships, and familiar ways of coping. I work with adults navigating career changes, parenthood, relocation, health changes, separation, family restructuring, and other turning points, helping them make meaning of what is changing while choosing how they want to move forward.
16 Years Experience
In-Person Near Poulsbo, WA
Online in Poulsbo, WA
Life Transitions
Ryan Shannon
Counselor/Therapist, LMHCA, MA, MS
Major life changes can bring excitement, grief, uncertainty, or all three at once. Starting or ending a relationship, moving, changing careers, becoming a parent, graduating, relocating, or entering a new stage of adulthood can disrupt your sense of identity and leave you wondering what comes next.
Therapy can give you space to process what you are leaving behind while helping you adjust to what is ahead. Together, we can work through difficult emotions, clarify your priorities, and identify the choices that feel most consistent with the life you want to build.
My goal is to help you move through change with greater confidence, flexibility, and self-understanding, so that a period of uncertainty can also become an opportunity for meaningful growth.
1 Years Experience
Online in Poulsbo, 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 Poulsbo, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Avanour Behavioral Health Clinics PLLC
Psychologist, PsyD, LMHC, LMHCA. LSAW. LSW
Avanour provides compassionate support for individuals navigating major life transitions, including career changes, relocation, relationship changes, parenthood, loss, retirement, or shifts in identity and purpose. Our clinicians help clients process difficult emotions, manage uncertainty, clarify their goals and values, and develop practical coping strategies. Treatment focuses on building resilience, restoring balance, and moving forward with greater confidence.
0 Years Experience
Online in Poulsbo, 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 Poulsbo, 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 Poulsbo, WA (Online Only)
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 Poulsbo, 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
In-Person Near Poulsbo, WA
Online in Poulsbo, 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 Poulsbo, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions therapists in Poulsbo, WA Statistics
Life Transitions therapists in Poulsbo, WA average 14 years of experience and charge around $200 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (75%), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (48%), and Behavioral Therapy (34%).
Average years in practice
14 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$200
Accept insurance
55%
Offer sliding scale
31%
Gender ID
| 72% |
Female |
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| 22% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 52% |
In Person and Online |
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| 48% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 75% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 48% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 34% | Behavioral Therapy |
| 32% | Motivational Interviewing (MI) |
| 31% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 31% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 29% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 73% | Young Adult |
| 47% | Senior |
| 34% | Teen |
| 6% | Children |
Client Focus
| 60% | Women |
| 43% | LGBTQ+ |
| 36% | Men |
| 26% | Hispanic / Latino |
| 26% | Military / Veterans |