Emerging Adulthood (18 - 25 years)
This stage is all about women stepping into independence and figuring out what kind of life they want to build. It’s a time of exploration and making big decisions about careers, education, relationships, and where (or how) they want to live. It often involves redefining or questioning the values they grew up with, as they shape their own identity more fully. It is a time when women are navigating dating, intimacy, and evolving relationships, while also juggling responsibilities like school, work, and finances. Leaving home and becoming financially independent can be exciting but also overwhelming. In therapy, the focus is usually on supporting confidence, emotional regulation, and healthy decision-making. It’s about helping women trust themselves as she carves out their own path.
Finding Your Own Way…..
Common stressors and concerns we can help with:
Leaving home, financial independence, navigating autonomy
Navigating dating, intimacy, and sexuality
Academic demands, career uncertainty, or job instability
Ambiguity of adulthood (balancing student, worker, partner, or parenting)
Mental health concerns e.g. anxiety, depression, OCD, insomnia, grief, trauma, eating disorders, body image, self-esteem, perfectionism, emotion regulation and distress tolerance, chronic pain and/or health conditions, stress and burnout.
Supporting neurodivergent individuals (e.g. adjustment to diagnosis, Autistic and ADHD burnout management, sensory needs management, communication preferences and styles, executive function, self-advocacy skills, co-morbid health conditions i.e. Hypermobility spectrum disorders/Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) * Of note: Therapy will align with the Neurodiversity Affirming Model to support self-determinism and development of positive sense of identity through a strength-based lens. We do not teach or reinforce neurotypical social skills. We avoid imposing neurotypical standards of communication, behavior, or lifestyle on our neurodivergent clients.
Early Adulthood (26 - 40 years)
Building Foundations…..
Common stressors and concerns we can help with:
Career and work-life pressures, burnout
Balancing self with relational roles
Financial responsibilities
Parenthood (emotional, physical, and financial demands of raising children)
Relationship dynamics (marital strain, changing friendships)
Mental health concerns e.g. anxiety, depression, perinatal depression, OCD, insomnia, grief, trauma, eating disorders, body image, self-esteem, perfectionism, emotion regulation and distress tolerance, chronic pain and/or health conditions, stress and burnout.
Supporting neurodivergent individuals (e.g. adjustment to diagnosis, Autistic and ADHD burnout management, sensory needs management, communication preferences and styles, executive function, self-advocacy skills, co-morbid health conditions i.e. Hypermobility spectrum disorders/Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) * Of note: Therapy will align with the Neurodiversity Affirming Model to support self-determinism and development of positive sense of identity through a strength-based lens. We do not teach or reinforce neurotypical social skills. We avoid imposing neurotypical standards of communication, behavior, or lifestyle on our neurodivergent clients.
This stage for women is often a whirlwind of building and balancing where careers get momentum, relationships deepen, and sometimes starting families. There is often a strong drive to ‘get things right’ which can create a lot of internal or external pressure, think work-life juggle, navigating fertility (if that’s part of the plan), or dealing with shifting friendships as everyone’s priorities evolve. It’s easy to feel pulled in all directions, and sometimes identity gets blurred in the mix of parenting, partnership, and career ambition. Therapy at this stage is all about helping women hold onto themselves while they show up for others, strengthening boundaries, nurturing self-care, stress management and emotional well-being.