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Life Transitions Therapy London

Our Life Transition Coaches

Our practitioners specialise in supporting people through all types of major life transitions – career changes, relocation, relationship changes, parenthood, empty nest, retirement, loss of identity, and the countless other pivotal moments that reshape our lives. They understand that transitions involve both practical adjustments and deeper identity work. They’ll help you process grief and loss, navigate uncertainty, explore who you’re becoming, make decisions aligned with your values, and build a meaningful life in this new chapter. Whether your transition was chosen or forced upon you, whether you’re at the beginning or stuck in the middle, they can help you move through this liminal space with more clarity, self-compassion, and hope for what’s ahead.
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Olena

Individual and Couples Psychotherapist

Indu Dua London Trusted Therapy: Professional relational and trauma-informed Counsellor providing expert mental health and trauma support.

Indu

Individual and Couples Psychotherapist

Tina Foley London Trusted Therapy: Expert Individual and Couples Psychotherapist specializing in EMDR and professional mental health care.

Tina

Individual and Couples Psychotherapist EMDR

Ardavan Nikaeen London Trusted Therapy: Expert Individual, Family, and Young People Psychotherapist providing professional mental health care.

Ardavan

Individual Family and Young People Psychotherapist

Dr. Tim Ojo London Trusted Therapy: Expert Psychiatrist, Organisational Consultant, and Executive Coach providing professional support.

Tim

Psychiatrist Organisational Consultant Executive Coach

Karima El Haddad London Trusted Therapy: Expert Individual, Couples, and Family Psychotherapist providing professional mental health care.

Karima

Individual Couples and Family Psychotherapist

Rebecca Myers London Trusted Therapy: Expert Individual and Couples Psychotherapist providing professional care for mental wellbeing.

Rebecca

Individual and Couples Psychotherapist

Nikki Holmes London Trusted Therapy: Expert Individual, Couples, and Family Psychotherapist providing professional mental health support.

Nikki

Individual Couples Family Psychotherapist

Emma Sibel Kacmaz London Trusted Therapy: Professional Mentoring and Executive Coach offering expert leadership and growth support.

Emma

Mentoring and Executive Coach

Chris Tanner London Trusted Therapy: Expert Group and Organisational Executive Coach providing professional leadership support.

Chris

Group and Organisational Executive Coach

Dmitri Popelyuk London Trusted Therapy: Expert Consultant Psychiatrist providing professional mental health diagnosis and treatment.

Dmitri

Consultant Psychiatrist, Founding CEO of Popelyuk Adult Psychiatry

Sabine Tendas London Trusted Therapy | Counselling Psychologist

Sabine

Counselling Psychologist Individual Couples and Family Psychotherapist

CBT Therapist London | Shuja Hoda

Shuja

Individual Couples and Family Psychotherapist

Clinical Psychologist London for Children | Dr Sagari Sarkar

Sagari

Clinical Psychologist Individual Couples and Family Psychotherapist

Dr Saz Guscott HCPC Practitioner Psychologist Neurodiversity Specialist CBT ACT CFT IFS ADHD Autism Support Harley Street and Online

Saz

Counselling Psychologist Individual and Couples Psychotherapist EMDR

Housam Ebrahim Individual Couples Family and Group Psychotherapist EMDR

Housam

Individual Couples Family and Group Psychotherapist EMDR

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Haneyeh

Counselling Psychologist Individual and Family Psychotherapist EMDR

Tatiana Kazantseva Psychotherapist London Trusted Therapy Harley Street

Tatiana

Psychotherapist

Dr Emma Corcoran | Clinical Psychologist and Therapist London A woman with straight brown hair and fair skin is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a brown and white patterned jumper and is posed in front of a plain white background.

Emma

Clinical Psychologist Individual and Family Psychotherapist

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Jo

Counselling Psychologist Individual Couples and Family Psychotherapist

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Understanding Life Transitions

Maybe you’re navigating something society celebrates but that feels harder than expected: graduating, getting married, becoming a parent, buying a house, getting promoted. Or perhaps you’re facing transitions that involve loss: empty nest when your kids leave home, retirement after decades of career identity, divorce, relocation away from your support system, aging parents requiring care.
Some transitions are chosen; others are thrust upon you. Either way, you might feel like you should be handling this better, that everyone else navigates change gracefully while you’re struggling to find your footing. The old version of your life is gone, the new version isn’t fully formed, and you’re stuck in the uncomfortable in-between.
Your identity might feel shaky – who are you without your career, without your children at home, in this new city, in this new relationship status? Routines that grounded you no longer exist, and you haven’t established new ones yet. Decision-making feels overwhelming because the framework you’ve always used no longer applies. You might grieve what you’ve lost even when the change is supposedly positive. Anxiety about the future mixes with nostalgia for the past.
Relationships shift – some people don’t fit your new life, while others become more important. You might feel pressure to be excited or grateful when you’re actually scared and grieving. Sleep disrupts, appetite changes, and you might feel scattered and unable to focus. The transition takes longer than you expected, and you wonder if you’ll ever feel settled again.
That in-between space where everything feels uncertain is actually where transformation happens. You don’t have to navigate major changes alone or figure everything out immediately. With support, you can process the losses inherent in change, manage the anxiety of uncertainty, explore new aspects of identity, and gradually build a life that fits this new chapter.
Transitions require grieving what was while staying open to what’s becoming. They ask you to be patient with yourself, to tolerate not having all the answers, and to trust that clarity will come even when everything feels foggy. You’re not failing at the transition – you’re right in the messy middle of it, which is exactly where you’re supposed to be.
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What Our Clients Say About Us

4.86 rating based on Doctify, Google and Trustpilot reviews

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  • 2025-12-19
I came to Tina at a really difficult time - navigating a major life transition and feeling completely overwhelmed. Over the course of 10 sessions, she helped me work through the crisis using EMDR, and I can honestly say it's made a profound difference. What struck me most was Tina's gentleness. EMDR can feel quite intense, but she created such a safe space that I felt able to go to the difficult places I needed to explore. She has this calm, steady presence that made me feel held throughout the process. The changes have been tangible. My sleep, which had been awful for months, has improved significantly. But more than that, I've regained a sense of clarity that I'd completely lost. I can think more clearly, make decisions without feeling paralysed, and I'm moving towards a much calmer mental space. If you're going through a major life transition or crisis and feeling stuck, I'd highly recommend working with Tina. She truly helped me find my way through

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  • 2025-07-28
Some things you can't fix alone, and a major life transition I wasn't coping well with was one of them for me. Emma helped, using a humanistic, person-centred framework, which was applied with real skill, not just theory. After everything, there's a real sense of ease now that wasn't there before. I've already told friends to book with Emma.

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  • 2026-01-01
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My husband and I came to see Dr Olena during one of the most difficult periods of our lives, following his dementia diagnosis. We were both struggling - with fear, anger, grief, and tremendous anxiety about what lay ahead. Dr Olena provided us with a safe space to express feelings we hadn't been able to share, even with each other. She helped us find new ways to communicate and truly hear one another during a time when words often failed us. Through her guidance, we learned to articulate our needs more clearly and to support each other through this transition. What struck me most was Dr Olena's compassionate understanding of the complexity of our situation - she never rushed us, never minimised our pain, and helped us move through our grief whilst finding moments of connection and acceptance. The tools and insights we gained from our sessions have been invaluable as we navigate this new chapter of our lives together. I'm deeply grateful for her support during such a challenging time.

B L

  • 2025-10-08
We are very lucky to meet Olena, Nikki and Ming for getting their helps on my son's case. My son took the full boarding life of Year 9 in UK last year. It was his first time to staying abroad alone from a day school in Shanghai. He suffered a lot from the difference of language, culture and academic pressure, and reported from School that he always lacked consistency in performance and tiresome in attending lessons and activities. He was then categorized as ADHD and was requested to have medicine intervention. After some assessments and meetings with Olena and Nikki, we found my son were more open to share what he confronted in School and was willing to take the advises of the specialists to improve his study and life in School.

S G

  • 2026-01-17
Tatiana helped me finally deal with a major life transition I wasn't coping well with, through an existential, phenomenological approach, which felt tailored rather than generic. Bit by bit, I can breathe properly for the first time in ages, and that alone was worth it. I only wish I'd found Tatiana sooner.
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