Life Transitions Therapy
Virtual therapy for career change and life transitions across Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Virginia
You’re between chapters. That’s exactly where change begins.
A layoff. A promotion that didn’t feel the way you thought it would. A career you’ve outgrown. A move, a break-up, a business you’re building or closing.
From the outside, it might look like you have it handled. Inside, you’re questioning everything you thought you wanted.
You’ve always known the next step. Now you don’t, and that uncertainty is harder than any deadline you’ve ever faced.
What would change if you could trust yourself to figure out what comes next?
You’ve made a hundred pro-and-con lists. So why are you still stuck?
Big decisions aren’t just made in your head.
You’re good at planning, so you’ve probably tried to plan your way through this. You’ve talked to mentors, taken the assessments, updated your resume, and mapped out every scenario. And still, you can’t decide, or you decide and then second-guess it.
That’s because transitions stir up more than logistics. They touch:
The identity you built around your title, company, or role
The fear of disappointing the people who expected a certain path from you
The grief of leaving something behind, even something you chose to leave
The quiet voice that knows what it wants and has been ignored for a long time
In my practice, we make space for all of it. I draw on narrative therapy, ACT, IFS, and somatic work to help you rewrite the story of what success means to you.
The goal is a next chapter that feels like it was written by you, not for you.
Transitions don’t always look like turning points.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, people born in the early 1960s held an average of 12.7 jobs between the ages of 18 and 56. Change is a normal part of a career. But many of the high-achievers I work with didn’t come to therapy saying, “I’m in a transition.” They came because they felt restless, lost, or strangely flat about a life that looked great on paper.
That’s because transitions for successful people rarely look like crisis. They look like quietly outgrowing the life you worked so hard to build.
It might look like:
Browsing job listings late at night, then closing the tab
Feeling like an impostor in a role you worked years to get
Losing your sense of self after a layoff, sale, or exit
Envying people who seem to know exactly what they want
Feeling stuck between the safe choice and the one that scares you
If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not ungrateful or unfocused. You’re growing, and growth often feels uncomfortable before it feels clear.
Why Life Transitions Are So Hard to Navigate on Your Own
For the high-achievers I work with, transitions are hard because they can’t be solved with more effort. You might find yourself:
Waiting for certainty before you let yourself move
Measuring every option against what other people will think
Filling the empty space with busyness so you don’t have to feel it
Talking yourself out of what you want because it doesn’t make sense on paper
If you’re used to having a plan, not knowing can feel unbearable. So you try to think your way to the right answer. But the more you analyze, the more options multiply, and the more options multiply, the less you trust your own judgment. So you stay put, hoping clarity will arrive on its own.
Uncertainty isn’t a sign you’re doing it wrong.
It’s part of every real change. Clarity comes when we listen to your whole self, not just your resume.
You May Benefit From Life Transitions Therapy If…
You’ve hit every goal you set, and you’re wondering if they were ever really your goals.
You were laid off, restructured, or let go, and it shook your sense of who you are.
You’re thinking about starting a business, leaving one, or taking a big risk, and fear keeps winning.
A move, a break-up, a loss, or a milestone birthday has you rethinking everything.
You feel trapped by golden handcuffs: the salary, the title, the path everyone expected.
You keep making plans to change and then finding reasons to wait.
You want your next chapter to feel more like you, and you’re not sure where to start.
Does this sound familiar?
You’re successful on paper and restless in real life
You don’t know who you are without your job title
You’re afraid of making the wrong choice, so you make none
You feel behind compared to friends and peers
You’ve lost touch with what you used to love
You’re ready for change and terrified of it at the same time
Life Transitions Therapy Can Help You:
Get clear on what you want, not what you think you should want
Make big decisions without endless second-guessing
Grieve what you’re leaving behind
Build an identity that doesn’t depend on your title
Take risks from a place of confidence, not panic
Step into your next chapter feeling like yourself
Meet Your Life Transitions Therapist
Katie Schloss, AM, LCSW
Hi, I’m Katie, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and psychotherapist in New York City. I work with high-achievers, executives, and entrepreneurs who are standing between one chapter and the next. I’ve rebuilt and reinvented more than once myself, so if you’re in the messy middle, you’re in the right place.
My approach draws on ACT, EMDR, IFS, narrative therapy, and somatic work. Most of the people I see already understand their patterns, often in detail. What they need is for something to actually shift. Together, we work with the body and the stories you tell about yourself, not just the thoughts, to get underneath what you’ve already tried to think your way out of.
I also bring a personal lens to this work. Before I became a therapist, I built a career in New York publishing. Then, at 30, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor and had to rebuild my life from the ground up. That taught me what it costs to keep pushing past your limits, and what becomes possible when you stop measuring your worth by what you produce. Since then, I’ve built my own practice, and I know firsthand the pressure of carrying a business, a reputation, and everyone’s expectations.
That experience shapes how I show up for every client.
This is a space where you don’t have to be impressive, have the answers, or keep it all together. You can just show up as you are.
How Does Life Transitions Therapy Work?
Step 1:
We Bring Your Nervous System Back to Baseline
Big changes can keep your body on high alert, which makes clear thinking almost impossible. We start with mindfulness and nervous system regulation so you can make decisions from a grounded place instead of from fear.
Step 2:
We map your trap doors
Trap doors are the triggers that drop you into doubt, people-pleasing, or freezing up. Together, we trace where they came from, whether that’s family expectations, workplace culture, or years of defining yourself by achievement. Then you learn to spot them before you fall through.
Step 3:
We build your next chapter
We set goals for what you want to be different, like making a career decision, rebuilding after a loss, or finding meaning beyond work. Then we work toward them. When something feels sticky, we treat it as information, not failure, and adjust until the path feels like yours.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Most people I work with are high-achievers who have always known the next step until suddenly they didn’t. In our work, we start by calming your nervous system so you can think clearly. Then we map your “trap doors,” the triggers that pull you into doubt or freezing up, and build a plan that fits who you are now. I draw on narrative therapy, ACT, IFS, and somatic work. Sessions are virtual for adults in New York, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, and Virginia. In NYC, you can also choose walking sessions: Wednesdays in Prospect Park and Thursdays in Central Park.
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Individual sessions are $230 for 53 minutes. Couples sessions are $275. I’m a private-pay provider, so I don’t bill insurance directly, but many clients get partial reimbursement through their out-of-network benefits. I can provide a superbill for you to submit to your insurance. If you’re not sure what your plan covers, call your insurer and ask about out-of-network outpatient mental health benefits. I also offer a free 15-minute consultation so we can see if we’re a good fit before you commit.
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It’s therapy, though we’ll talk about your career a lot. Coaching usually focuses on strategy and next steps. Therapy also looks at what’s underneath: the beliefs, fears, and patterns that make the decision so hard in the first place. Many clients find that once those shift, the practical steps feel much clearer.
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Yes. Losing a job, especially one tied to your identity, can bring up grief, shame, and anxiety, even when it wasn’t your fault. Therapy gives you a place to process what happened, rebuild your confidence, and decide what you want next without rushing into the first thing that comes along.
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That’s one of the most common reasons people start this work. You don’t need to arrive with answers. Part of what we’ll do together is clear away the noise of other people’s expectations, so you can hear what you actually want.
Life Transitions Therapy in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Virginia
I offer career and life transitions therapy across New York City, with in-person walking sessions in Manhattan and Brooklyn: Thursdays in Central Park and Wednesdays in Prospect Park. Virtual sessions are available for clients in New York, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, and Virginia, from Fairfield County to Chicago to Miami.
Most of the people I work with are executives, founders, and high-performing professionals who are carrying more than anyone can see. They expect a lot of themselves; they deliver while wondering how much longer they can keep it up. As someone who has built businesses and rebuilt my own life after a brain tumor at 30, I understand what it’s like when the way you’ve always operated stops working.
You don’t have to keep running on adrenaline and obligation. The version of you who can slow down, trust yourself, and actually enjoy what you’ve built is still there. Let’s find them together.
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