Something significant has happened and you're not sure how to get through it.
Individual counselling for people navigating a major life change and what it's bringing up.
In-person (Vancouver, BC) and virtual across BC.
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Change this significant doesn't always hit you the way you expect it to. You thought you'd handle it better or differently and now you're not so sure.
And the longer it goes on the harder it gets to know what you actually need to do next.
Some of this might sound familiar
If any of this resonates, you're in the right place.
You didn't expect it to hit you the way it has
You keep going over it in your head trying to make sense of it.
Some days feel okay and then it catches you off guard again
You're not sure who to talk to about this or how to even start.
You thought you'd feel differently by now.
Part of you knows you need to keep moving. You're just not sure in which direction.
How our work together unfolds
Every situation is different. This is generally how we move through it.
Get stable first
01 — Get stable first Before anything else the focus is on helping you find your footing. Not solving the change, just getting you to a place where you can think clearly and function without the ground feeling like it's moving underneath you.
Make sense of what's happening
Once things are more stable we look at what this change is actually bringing up, what it means for you, what it's asking of you, and what's been making it harder than you expected.
Work out who you are in this new chapter
Significant change almost always requires some adjustment to how you see yourself. This part of the work looks at that, not to reinvent you but to help you find a version of yourself that fits where you actually are now.
Want to find out if this is the right fit for your team?
You, navigating change
Most of what makes a significant life change hard to navigate isn't the change itself, it's the uncertainty it creates about what comes next and who you are inside it. Here are some of the ways we work with that.
How you're relating to the uncertainty
Change brings questions you can't always answer yet. This work looks at how you're relating to that uncertainty, what it's producing in your thinking and whether there's more room to move within it than it currently feels like.
Making sense of what's happened
Some changes are significant enough that they need to be processed properly — not minimised or reframed. This work creates space to understand what happened, what it means, and how to carry it forward without it defining everything that comes next.
Working with what your mind is doing
Change produces a lot of thinking, about what's next, what to do, what to avoid. This work looks at how to work with that thinking practically so it becomes something useful rather than something that keeps you stuck.
Questions you might have
When you're ready, the first step is a free 20-minute conversation.
It's a chance to talk through what's been coming up for you and get a sense of how I work. No commitment required.
Book Your Free Intro Session
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Iroko Health Counselling
Psychotherapy in Vancouver and across BC
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