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Depth Therapy for Retirement and Later Life

Supporting identity, relationships, and meaning through the changes of later life.

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  • This is your opportunity to get to know me, ask any questions you have, and talk through what you’d like to focus on in this next stage of your journey.
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What is Depth Therapy for Retirement and Later Life?

Retirement and later life bring both freedom and complexity. While this stage can open space for new opportunities, it often stirs questions about identity, purpose, relationships, health, and practical realities. Many people find themselves caught between excitement for what’s next and uncertainty about who they are now that familiar roles and responsibilities have shifted. These transitions can feel both deeply personal and difficult to share

Depth therapy offers a place to go beneath the surface — to explore the emotional, relational, and existential layers of later life. Together, we can work with feelings of loss, fear, loneliness, or restlessness, while also reconnecting with strengths, values, and sources of meaning. My approach blends depth-oriented psychotherapy, trauma-informed care, and practical coaching strategies. This means we can address both the inner challenges — identity, emotions, relationships — and the outer realities such as finances, caregiving, or planning.

The goal is not to “fix” aging or erase the struggles that come with change, but to help you navigate this stage with resilience and clarity. Depth therapy can support you in discovering who you are beyond past roles, finding steadiness in changing relationships, and creating a future that feels both grounded and meaningful.

Depth Therapy for Retirement
No single method can capture all the complexity of retirement and later life. That’s why I draw from several therapeutic and coaching approaches, each offering a different lens for working through this stage of change. Together, they provide both the depth and the practical clarity needed to feel balanced and supported.
  • Clarify identity and purpose beyond career or past roles.
  • Process emotions such as sadness, anxiety, fear, or restlessness.
  • Navigate changes in relationships, family dynamics, and social life.
  • Address loneliness, isolation, or loss of community.
  • Explore practical challenges — finances, health, or caregiving responsibilities.
  • Build new routines, networks, and opportunities for fulfillment.
  • Find balance between emotional depth and practical clarity.

Depth-Oriented Psychotherapy

Exploring meaning and identity beneath the surface.
Helps you explore the deeper layers of identity, meaning, and emotion. This approach is especially valuable when you feel unanchored after leaving a career role, when old memories or regrets resurface, or when you’re searching for a renewed sense of purpose.

Trauma-Informed Therapy

Healing the past so it doesn’t overwhelm the present.
Acknowledges the ways past experiences and patterns shape how you respond to new transitions. If earlier losses, stresses, or family dynamics are stirred up in retirement, trauma-informed therapy helps you approach them gently and safely, without being overwhelmed.

Relational Therapy

Strengthening connections in a changing social world.
Partnerships, friendships, and family roles often shift during later life. Relational therapy helps you navigate conflict, loneliness, or disconnection, and supports healthier communication.

Existential Therapy

Facing life’s big questions with courage and clarity.
This approach helps you engage questions of mortality, freedom, and meaning — making space to redefine values and priorities in this next chapter.

Solution-Focused Coaching

Turning insight into action.
Coaching brings practical tools and structure to build routines, manage responsibilities, and plan ahead, ensuring that therapy insights become real changes in daily life.

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices

Cultivating calm, acceptance, and inner kindness.
Mindfulness and self-compassion offer simple, powerful ways to reduce anxiety, soften self-criticism, and embrace the realities of aging with greater ease.

An Integrative Approach

Weaving depth and action together.
Each modality supports different facets of later life, but their true strength comes in integration — balancing emotional depth with practical clarity so you can move forward with resilience and meaning.
Depth Therapy for Retirement

When You’re Ready to Talk

You don’t have to navigate retirement and later life changes on your own. If you’ve been carrying questions about identity, purpose, relationships, or the practical realities of this stage, we can explore them together in a safe, supportive space.

Taking the first step can bring clarity about what matters most now — and help you move forward with greater balance, confidence, and peace of mind.

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