Providing in-person therapy to clients in Bowmanville and online across Ontario.
Providing in-person therapy to clients in Bowmanville and online across Ontario.
The human experience involves change and is a constant for each of us throughout our lives. We all struggle with it at some point and to varying degrees. This is natural. It brings loss and uncertainty. Even if we choose it, change is unfamiliar and can create stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, overwhelm and feeling stuck. And if you already struggle with anxiety, depression or have a history of trauma, life changes and transitions can be even more challenging.
So whether it's overwhelm, anxiety, stress, sadness or just feeling stuck, I have the tools that can help. We will figure this out together. You will get past survival mode, feel more in control and experience change and the world differently.
Women + Men
Women in the middle season of life + beyond
Helping professionals (teachers, therapists, humanitarian aid workers, first responders)
Creatives + Entrepreneurs
Caregivers + Parents
Adults struggling with the aging process
Nature loving folks
Executives + Professionals
It is not unusual to go through big life changes, whether positive or negative, and wonder what happened to the old you. This includes grief or loss, coping with a new or changing role, working through substance use or abuse, what comes up for you as you embark on a new career or start your own business, or just finding yourself again.
These changes involve the world around us and the power it holds in our lives. The heaviness and angst of changing climate, the natural environment, economic and political situations, conflict...and so on. We may feel the effects in our personal lives or in our professional roles. We may experience academic hurdles; cultural changes and
These changes involve the world around us and the power it holds in our lives. The heaviness and angst of changing climate, the natural environment, economic and political situations, conflict...and so on. We may feel the effects in our personal lives or in our professional roles. We may experience academic hurdles; cultural changes and relocation stress; collective trauma; and other external stresses beyond our control.
Transitional issues happen at all ages and stages of life. Issues might be related to LGBT+ matters, such as coming out, starting a transition or finding ways to support loved ones. Transitional issues also include managing mid-life stressors and challenges due to aging.
Some stressors cause emotional distress like: anxiety, depression, stress & burnout, low self-esteem and body image, and even trauma. Physical changes can also challenge your mental health. For example waiting a health diagnosis, coping with physical illness or chronic pain and reduced functioning, or even the normal aging process.
Managing relationship challenges such as communication, problems with sexuality & intimacy, conflict, co-dependence, or infidelity. Coping with changes in relationships due to separation or divorce, blending families, adoption and changes with the different stages in parenting.
KARA PIERSON COUNSELLING & CONSULTING
182 Wellington Street, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 1W3, Canada /905-809-8122 / karapiersoncounsellingca@gmail.com
Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO 006200)