Therapy for Life Transitions in Tinton Falls, NJ

What a transition can feel like

Even a change we choose can bring uncertainty, grief, or a sense of losing our footing. People often bring changes such as these to therapy: career changes, relationship shifts, parenthood, and loss or other major life changes.

After a stressful life event, a person may have stress, anxiety, or feelings of sadness or hopelessness, along with physical symptoms.¹

• Mood

  Feeling sad, hopeless, or anxious.¹

• Stress

  A reaction to the change that is stronger than you would expect for the event.¹

• Body

  Physical symptoms alongside the stress.¹

• Daily life

  Trouble at work or in your social life.¹

Stress after a change is common, and for many people it settles as they adjust. When the reaction is strong, or it starts to affect work or relationships, support can help.

Stress after a change

Adjustment disorder is the name for a group of symptoms that follow a stressful life event. MedlinePlus describes the reaction as stronger than expected for the event, with symptoms that can affect work or social life and that most often start within 3 months of the stressor.¹ Symptoms usually ease within about 6 months once the stressor has ended, unless it continues.¹ A licensed professional makes the diagnosis. You do not need one to ask for help during a change.

Relationship changes can be especially hard to manage. The relationship therapy page covers how Lindsey’s practice approaches that.

How therapy for life transitions works

Lindsey’s practice gives you space to make sense of what is changing, reconnect with what matters to you, and build support. Each plan is shaped around what you are dealing with.

What the research says

MedlinePlus notes that most mental health professionals recommend some type of talk therapy for adjustment disorder, and names CBT as one type. It adds that medicines may be used, but only along with talk therapy.¹

Lindsey’s practice offers CBT, along with mindfulness, DBT, and somatic approaches, which that page does not list.

Working with Lindsey Capelli

Lindsey Capelli, LPC, NCC, SAC, leads the practice and offers therapy for life transitions. The areas of focus on her profile include complex trauma and PTSD, anxiety, and mood and personality disorders.

She sees teens and adults, in person and virtually, in the daytime and evening.

Learn more about Lindsey

Getting started

If you are worried about someone else

People going through a change sometimes pull away from the people around them. You can say what you have noticed, ask how they are doing, and listen without rushing to fix it. Offer to help them find a therapist. If you are worried about their safety, call 911 or 988 right away.²

Questions about life transitions therapy