THERAPY FOR LIFE TRANSITIONS
IN SAN FRANCISCO

Are you navigating a major change — a career shift, a divorce, a relocation, or the end of a chapter you didn't see coming? Are you dealing with something significant and finding it hard to get your footing, even though you're someone who usually figures things out?

If you're in San Francisco and looking for a therapist to help you navigate a major life transition, I can help.

Life in San Francisco

Most of my San Francisco clients are high-functioning people navigating a city that rewards ambition and punishes stillness. San Francisco attracts people who are driven, self-directed, and used to reinventing themselves. That makes it a city full of people in the middle of transitions — career pivots, relationship changes, questioning whether the life they built here is still the one they want.

I live in San Francisco. I work with clients throughout the city via telehealth, and I understand the particular pressure that comes with building a life here.

What I've found after nearly 30 years working with this kind of client is that the transition itself is rarely the whole problem. It's usually surfacing something that was already there — a question about identity, meaning, or direction that got buried under the demands of a demanding career. The transition just makes it harder to ignore.

What Therapy for Life Transitions Looks Like

Many of my clients come to me not because something is clinically wrong but because they're in the middle of something big and want someone objective and unrelated to them to think it through with. Someone with no stake in the outcome and no history with them.

This is therapy for life transitions. It's practical and forward-focused. You set the goals. I help you get there and stay honest about your progress.

Common transitions I work with include:

Career changes, pivots, and exits — career pivots, exits, and reinventions are common in San Francisco's fast-moving professional culture

Divorce and relationship transitions

Relocation — including the identity disruption that comes with leaving a community you've built

Retirement / selling a company and the loss of structure and purpose that can follow

The empty nest

Loss and grief

Why Work With a Licensed Therapist Rather Than a Coach?

San Francisco has no shortage of executive coaches and life coaches. Coaching is an unregulated industry — anyone can call themselves a coach with no training or accountability. Working with a licensed therapist for life transitions means you're getting someone with clinical training, ethical accountability, and the ability to recognize and address deeper issues if they surface. That's a meaningful difference, especially when the transition is connected to something more complex underneath.

All sessions are conducted via telehealth, which means you can work with me from anywhere in California. I previously had an office in Palo Alto and have worked with Bay Area clients for many years — from the Peninsula to San Francisco to San Jose.

If you're in San Francisco and navigating a major transition, I invite you to call me at 650-646-4220. I'm always willing to spend a few minutes on the phone to discuss whether I'm a good fit for what you're dealing with.

For more information, visit my Therapy for Life Transitions page. Feel free to contact me with any questions.