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Life Transitions and life skills development Support
Change is hard! When we move through new phases of our lives, we are faced with brand new responsibilities. Our familiar roles, routines, and responsibilities are all impacted. Sometimes we need an extra hand as we work toward increased independence.
One big transition we see often is the move out of high school into adulthood, whether that's college, the workforce, or parenting. This transition can be challenging and often requires life skills development as you take on tasks you've never tried before, like paying bills, living with non-family members, and creating your own routines. It can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to figure it out alone.
A life-transition is any change that dramatically impacts our lives, such as getting a new job, switching schools, moving, having a child, or even the death of a loved one. All of these things require us to adjust our current way of life and cope with the changes.
Occupational therapy helps prepare us for the changes in our roles and routines, whether it be from transitioning to new activities or environments. We want to help you navigate this new stage of life so you feel less overwhelmed and more empowered.
What The Effects of Life Transitions?
Fear
Starting a new phase of life is scary! It can feel overwhelming. Feeling nervous about a change in life is absolutely normal, but if that fear is disrupting your daily functioning or negatively affecting your overall mental health, we may need some extra support.
Uncertainty
Changes in life can make us feel unsure about what our purpose is, what our future holds, or if we've made the right decision. It can make us question things and require us to reestablish what roles we fill. Life-transitions often mean we have to re-discover who we are. .
Balance
It takes time and effort to learn new things. When we get a new job or go off to college we may suddenly find that there's a lot more being asked of us. It is essential to keep balance in your life amongst these many changes. We have to find a way to make time for ourselves!
Grief
Growth is loss. With every new change, we leave something behind: people, positions, pieces of ourselves. It's important to let ourselves feel that loss and cope with it so that we're able to grow and be present during this new stage of life.
How Do We Assist With Life Transitions?
Re-Discovering Ourselves
When big changes occur in our life it can lead us to feel confused about our purpose and where we fit in. The transition to adulthood, to parenting, or into retirement means we're leaving behind the things that have defined us in order to create something new.
Creating new routines
With new roles come new routines. What your daily routine once looked like might look completely different now. We are here to help you build a routine that leaves you filling fulfilled and allows you to effectively meet your obligations while still taking care of your own well-being.
Life Skills
We want to help you develop and sustain the skills needed to succeed within different work and living environments. This can be navigating how to properly manage your time, learning how to do household tasks, or even knowing how to prioritize the tasks in your life.
Emotional Support
Change can hard and it can be scary. It can bring about an assortment of emotions from fear of the unknown to grief of an ending. We're here to support you and walk with you through these big transitions. Life won't always feel this scary, but we're here to walk with you while it does .
How Can We Help?
Our therapists are trained, experienced, and certified in working with life transitions. We offer individual therapy, group therapy, and occupational therapy to engage you as a whole-person while you work towards healing.
Starting a new phase of life can be hard. Our therapists are ready to make this journey with you so it doesn't feel as overwhelming. You don't have to face this alone.
CONTACT US
Address
602 N Walnut St
Murfreesboro, TN, 37130
Phone
615-212-9141