Therapy for Life Transitions

In person in North Dallas · Online across Texas + Colorado

FOR WHEN THE OLD MAP STOPS WORKING

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Everything changed. Or nothing did, and that's the problem.

THIS MIGHT BE FOR YOU IF YOU:

  • just left a job, a relationship, or a city and feel unmoored

  • are becoming a parent and losing track of who you were before

  • hit 25, 35 or 45 and suddenly questioned everything

  • got what you worked for and feel strangely empty

  • know something needs to change but can't name what

  • feel behind everyone else and can't stop comparing

Lauren Petka, LPC, anxiety therapist in Dallas
Sunlight through a window in a calm therapy space.

hi, I'm Lauren, a therapist who helps people find their footing

Transitions shake loose the roles we've been playing, and that's both disorienting and an opening. I know this one personally: I left a career and a city I loved to become a therapist.

We'll make sense of what's ending, get honest about what you want next, and help you move forward from clarity instead of panic.

MEET YOUR THERAPIST

What we might work on…

  • Leaving, starting over, or realizing the path you chose isn't yours.

  • Grieving what was, and getting curious about the patterns underneath.

  • Building a life that fits when everything familiar is gone.

  • Holding onto yourself while your whole identity reorganizes.

  • When "is this it?" won't go away.

Learn more about EMDR & trauma therapy →
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Finding your footing again

HOW THERAPY WITH ME CAN HELP

Big changes tend to stir up bigger questions about who you are and what you want. Together, we'll look at:

→ what's ending, and what it meant to you

→ the roles you've outgrown

→ what you want now, not what you used to want

→ how to take the next step without having it all figured out

HOW IT WORKS

We'll talk about your life as it actually is: your relationships, your choices, the stories you tell about yourself. When old experiences are driving the patterns, we can bring in attachment work or EMDR. The aim isn't to fix you. It's for you to feel at home in your own life again.

  • The way you learned to connect early on often shapes how you show up now: who you become around others, and what you hide to stay close. We'll notice those patterns and practice new ways of relating that feel more like you.

  • The fear of disappointing people, or of choosing wrong, lives in your body too. We'll help your nervous system feel safe enough to try something different.

  • The heart of this work. We'll look at the big questions under the day-to-day: who you are, what you want, what you're choosing, and what you're avoiding choosing. Not to find the "right" answer, but to find yours.

  • You're the expert on your own life. My job isn't to tell you who to be. It's to help you hear yourself more clearly and trust what you find.

  • When old experiences keep pulling you back into old roles, insight alone doesn't always shift it. EMDR can help those memories settle so you can respond from who you are now.

You don't have to have it figured out to start.

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