Life Transitions Counseling
Counseling for adults and older adults navigating grief, caregiving, health changes, serious illness, retirement, changing independence, identity shifts and family-role changes.
Your experience does not have to fit a perfect label.
- Adults facing retirement, relocation or career change
- People adapting to serious illness or changes in ability
- New caregivers or people leaving a caregiving role
- Adults navigating aging, bereavement or changing independence
- People whose identity or family responsibilities are shifting
Something feels harder to carry than it used to.
- You feel untethered or unlike yourself
- A decision has become difficult
- Old coping patterns are no longer enough
- Relationships are strained by changing roles
- You are grieving what was while trying to move forward
These experiences are not a diagnosis. They are starting points for a conversation about what is happening and what kind of support may fit.
Understanding the pattern—and your options within it.
Grief connected to endings
Caregiving and changing responsibility
Health changes and serious illness
Retirement and independence
Identity and family-role shifts
Decision-making under uncertainty
Warm, collaborative and grounded in your goals.
Kristin’s work is shaped by respect, context and honest conversation. Counseling is not a promise that pain will disappear. It is a structured place to understand what you are experiencing and work toward changes that matter to you.
- Room to slow down before forcing an answer
- Attention to emotional and practical realities
- Goals shaped around your values
- Psychotherapy, not life coaching
Specialized experience without losing sight of the whole person.
Kristin Jones, LCSW, QS, CAGCS has 20+ years in social work and has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2012. Her work centers on grief, caregiving, aging, serious illness, changing independence and major life transitions.
Learn more about KristinQuestions people often ask
What can counseling help with during a major life transition?
It can help a person process grief, clarify values and choices, adjust to changing roles and develop realistic ways to move through uncertainty.
Is this life coaching?
No. This page describes psychotherapy for emotional and behavioral health during major life changes.
Can counseling support adjustment to serious illness?
Yes. Counseling may support emotional adjustment alongside appropriate medical care, but does not provide medical treatment or advice.
Is retirement a common reason to seek support?
Yes. Retirement can affect routine, purpose, relationships, identity and independence.
Ask about current psychotherapy openings.
Availability varies by service, schedule and appointment format. An inquiry is not a promise of an opening.