Life Transitions & Grief
What Are Life Transitions & Grief?
Life is filled with changes, and even positive changes can bring stress, uncertainty, or difficult emotions. Grief can also arise from many types of loss—not only the death of someone we love, but also changes in relationships, health, independence, work, identity, or other important parts of life.
Therapy can provide a supportive place to process these experiences and adjust to what comes next.
How Can Therapy Help?
Therapy can help you work through difficult emotions while developing healthy ways to cope with change and loss.
Depending on your needs, therapy may help you:
- Process grief and loss
- Adjust to major life changes
- Manage stress, anxiety, or depression
- Work through feelings of sadness, anger, guilt, or uncertainty
- Navigate changes in relationships or family roles
- Adjust to retirement or changes in work
- Cope with changes in health or independence
- Reconnect with your values, strengths, and sense of purpose
- Develop healthy coping strategies for moving forward
Grief does not follow a predictable timeline. Therapy can provide support at whatever point in the process you are seeking help.
Who Can Benefit From Therapy?
Therapy may be helpful for individuals experiencing:
- The loss of a loved one
- Divorce or relationship changes
- Retirement or career changes
- Changes in health or independence
- Relocation or other major transitions
- Changes in family roles or responsibilities
- Loss of identity, purpose, or routine
- Other significant changes that feel difficult to navigate
You do not have to wait until a transition or loss becomes overwhelming before seeking support.
What Can We Help With?
Our clinicians can provide support with:
- Grief and bereavement
- Major life transitions
- Relationship changes
- Career and retirement transitions
- Changes in health or functioning
- Family changes
- Stress and adjustment
- Anxiety and depression
- Loss of identity, routine, or independence
- Finding meaning and purpose during periods of change
Life Transition & Grief Support at Modern Me Psychology
At Modern Me Psychology, we recognize that transitions and losses can affect everyone differently. There is no single way to experience grief or adjust to change.
Our clinicians provide a supportive, individualized space where you can process what you’re experiencing, understand your emotions, and develop ways to move forward while honoring what has changed or been lost.
Our Clinicians Who Work With Life Transitions & Grief
- Nahrain D. Tavolacci, Psy.D.
- Michael Tavolacci, Ph.D., LCPC
- Kristen Beeck, M.A., LPC
- Danielle Giovannetti-O’Halloran, LCPC
- Michael Saraceno, M.A., LPC, NCC
- Amanda Worth, M.A.
Related Approaches
Depending on your needs and treatment goals, approaches that may be incorporated into treatment include:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Strengths-Based Therapy
Explore our Depression, Anxiety, and Attachment & Relational Problems pages for additional information.
Ready to Get Started?
You don’t have to navigate a major life change or loss by yourself. Therapy can provide a supportive place to process what you’re experiencing and find a path forward.
Services are available in person at our Roselle, Illinois office and through telehealth for clients located in Illinois.
We accept several insurance plans, and coverage varies by plan and clinician. Contact us to confirm your benefits and whether your preferred provider and service are covered.
