Question 1

How can Endeavor Psychology help me navigate career transitions?

Accepted Answer

Whether you are just finishing a degree and entering a challenging job market, starting a new position, or considering a career change – it is common to experience anxiety. Unfortunately, we also frequently hold ourselves back in the face of professional change and/or opportunity due to:

A desire to cling to the certainty of routine and the stability of one’s current position

Anxiety about taking “risks,” – even those that are calculated

Fear of failure and/or success

Concern with being judged not capable enough to seize an opportunity, advance a goal, achieve success

At Endeavor Psychology, therapy is tailored to the client’s specific needs and transitions they are facing. We use therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy to help you:

Identify personal and professional goals related to career transitions and work/life balance;

Understand the thoughts and feelings you experience as a result of career transitions;

Disempower negative thoughts that may cause feelings of anxiety, helplessness, unhappiness and that may diminish your ability to achieve your goals;

Implement strategies and leverage your resources to advance your personal, professional and work/life goals.

Question 2

What kind of life transitions can psychotherapy help me with?

Accepted Answer

Psychotherapy with a licensed clinical psychologist can be a critical tool to help you deal with a wide range of life changes and life transitions. These include:

Life stage transitions – starting or graduating from college, getting married or starting a family, moving to a new location, dealing with divorce, caring for an aging parent

Health transitions – implementing healthy lifestyle changes (changes to diet and exercise), dealing with a health issue or diagnosis, coping with disease and health treatments, becoming a caregiver for a loved one

Career transitions – starting a new job, pursuing new opportunities at your current employer, changing careers, preparing for life after retirement

Regardless of the kind of change, transitions are often accompanied by stress, anxiety and feelings of loss. A skillful psychotherapist can help you understand and manage the thoughts and feelings resulting from life changes and implement strategies and supports to cope with and succeed in the face of change.

Question 3

What can I expect during life transitions support?

Accepted Answer

At Endeavor, therapy is tailored to the client’s specific needs and the life transitions they are facing. We use therapy approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy, to help clients, their partners and families:

Understand the psychological, behavioral, interpersonal and environmental factors that may impact their ability to cope with and adapt to changes;

Identify and address thoughts, beliefs and feelings about the life changes they face;

Set goals and identify strategies to help clients enhance emotional and mental wellbeing;

Disempower negative or disorganized thoughts that may cause feelings of helplessness;

Develop strategies to manage and cope with transitions related to health issues, relationships, career changes, and others;

Understand and cope with mental health issues (e.g., depression and anxiety) that may be triggered by life transitions.

Question 4

How can therapy help me with the health transitions that I am facing?

Accepted Answer

Endeavor was founded by a clinical health psychologist – we have a fundamental focus on helping people identify and address health goals and challenges. At Endeavor Psychology, we have extensive professional training and clinical experience counseling clients dealing with a broad array of medical conditions and health challenges. These include, but are not limited to:

Diabetes

Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

Connective Tissue Disorders

Chronic Pain

Headaches

Smoking cessation

Weight loss

Bariatric surgery

Pre- and post-surgery adjustment

Cancer

At Endeavor Psychology, we are trained to help clients understand health, disease and treatment – and the ways that their mental and emotional health impacts and is impacted by health transitions. Our approach to therapy is tailored to clients’ specific needs and the health challenges they are facing. We use empirically validated (research-based) therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy, to help clients, their partners and families:

Understand the psychological, behavioral, interpersonal and environmental factors that may impact their ability to cope with and adapt to health challenges

Deal with the emotional weight of health transitions – which may include feelings of confusion, shock, worry and despair

Set goals and identify strategies to enhance physical and emotional wellbeing

Disempower negative or disorganized thoughts that may cause feelings of helplessness and potentially negatively impact health outcomes

Develop strategies to manage and cope with transitions related to health issues, including the impacts health transitions can have on relationships

Understand and resolve mental health issues (e.g., depression, anxiety, mood disorders) that may be triggered or amplified by health transitions

Identify internal strengths and external support networks that the client can leverage to build resiliency and cope with health concerns

Work with medical providers to consult on psychotropic medication management

Question 5

What is the connection between physical health problems and depression?

Accepted Answer

Other illnesses may precede depression, cause depression, or be a consequence of depression. Because depression and other illnesses interact differently in different people it is important to seek the assistance of a clinical health psychologist who is trained to understand how a client’s physiological, psychological, emotional and social context impact mental and physical health.

Life Changes and Transitions

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Brad Spickard

Christopher Joaquim

Emma Savely

Jen Dowd

Melanie Almaguer

Robert Saxner

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Frequently Asked Questions

How can Endeavor Psychology help me navigate career transitions?

What kind of life transitions can psychotherapy help me with?

What can I expect during life transitions support?

How can therapy help me with the health transitions that I am facing?

What is the connection between physical health problems and depression?