Life Transitions Counseling in Chicago
Change can be hard... even when it's a change you chose or something you thought you wanted! You might know you're entering a new chapter while still feeling anxious, uncertain, overwhelmed, or unsure of who you are within it. Sometimes the hardest transitions aren't clearly “good” or “bad”; they're experiences that ask you to let go of something familiar before you've figured out what comes next. It is completely natural to have some growing pains along the way. You aren't "bad at change." You're just adjusting to a new normal, and that might mean learning new ways to think about your life or yourself.
At HumanKind Psychological Services, we provide life transitions counseling for adults in Chicago navigating changes in relationships, work, family, identity, health, and other major areas of life. Therapy can give you space to make sense of what you're experiencing, understand what matters to you, and figure out how you want to move forward.
We offer in-person therapy at our Lakeview Chicago office and virtual therapy throughout Illinois.
What Kind of Life Transitions Can Therapy Help With?
There's no rule about which changes are “big enough” to bring to therapy. Some transitions happen unexpectedly, some transitions are outside of your control (and perhaps not changes you would have chosen for yourself), while others are things you've worked toward for years. Even positive changes can bring stress, grief, uncertainty, or questions about what comes next. These are some of the major life transitions we see most commonly, but of course, no change is too big or too small to deserve support.
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Graduating from college or navigating early adulthood
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Starting a new job, changing careers, or questioning your professional path
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Moving to a new city or building a life somewhere unfamiliar
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Beginning or ending a relationship
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Marriage or changes within a long-term partnership
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Becoming a parent (for the first time or after growing your family)
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Adjusting to changes in your family
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Changes in friendships or other important relationships
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Health changes or adjusting to a new diagnosis
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Grief and loss
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Exploring or redefining aspects of your identity
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Feeling uncertain about your direction, priorities, or what you want next
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Entering a new stage of life that doesn't feel the way you expected it to
How Therapy Can Help During a Life Transition
Life transitions often bring uncertainty, and uncertainty can make it tempting to search for the “right” decision or try to figure everything out before moving forward. Therapy can give you space to slow down, sort through competing thoughts and feelings, and better understand what you actually want, rather than trying to push yourself into whatever you think you should want.
Everyone is affected differently by change, but it brings up SOMETHING for most people (a strong reaction, worries, big feelings). At HumanKind, we can help you explore how your values, relationships, identity, expectations, and past experiences are shaping the way you're navigating change. You might work on tolerating uncertainty, making difficult decisions, setting boundaries, grieving what you're leaving behind, or adjusting expectations about what this stage of life was supposed to look like.
We are not into a cookie-cutter approach to therapy. We tailor therapy to the person in front of us. Depending on your needs, your therapist may draw from approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, narrative therapy, values clarification, and other evidence-based and insight-oriented approaches.
You don't need to have everything figured out before coming to therapy. Sometimes the work is figuring out what the next chapter will look like while you're already living through it.
Life Transitions Counseling at HumanKind
Our therapists work with adults navigating many different stages of life, from early adulthood and career changes to relationships, parenthood, loss, identity shifts, and periods of feeling stuck or uncertain about what comes next. We believe having a strong relationship with your therapist is extremely important, so we'll help you connect with a clinician whose experience, personality, and style are a good fit for what you're looking for.
Insurance & Fees for Therapy
HumanKind Psych is paneled as an in-network provider for the following insurance plans:
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois (PPO Plans and Blue Choice Plans)
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Cigna PPO
If we are not in-network with your insurance plan, you may see us as an out-of-network provider and submit a bill to your insurance company. They may reimburse you.
Our out-of-pocket fees are as follows:
Initial Intake Session (60-75 minutes) - $225
Therapy Session (50 minutes) - $185
We also reserve select spots on our caseloads for sliding-scale arrangements based on financial need.