West Hartford, CT 06119 | Midlife Transitions

Midlife Transitions Psychotherapy, West Hartford, CT

Midlife Transitions Psychotherapy
Naomi S. Lufkin, MA, NCC, LPC

Do you look in the mirror and wonder who is this stranger looking back at you? Have you been going along feeling okay up until now? Are you suddenly sensing how miserable you are in your marriage? Have you lost the passion that once existed for your job/career? Do you feel totally confused and empty? Is your mind preoccupied with figuring out the meaning and purpose of your life? Believe it or not, you could be experiencing a midlife transition! All of these feelings during this major life transition are completely normal.

Frequently, you do read a lot about adolescence as well as the developmental stages that take place in childhood. However, when you really think about it, do you know a great deal about what it is like to be in midlife? When I mention the word "midlife" to people, they say "oh, you mean a midlife crisis?" Beyond these two words, there is a vast unknown when it comes to this major life transition.

The truth is that this adult stage of development is frequently overlooked. Therefore, as a psychotherapist who is in midlife, I wanted to change the great VOID that exists for people who are going through this major life transition. When you grow up and become an adult, there are parts of you that have become repressed. Once upon a time, you may have been very creative and shed so much talent. Your family could have steered you in the direction of a career that was suitable for their needs. I would like to help you reclaim those parts of yourself that drifted away.

I help people like yourselves, midlife women and men, learn how to embrace your wholeness in order to turn your emptiness into aliveness.

"At the most basic level, we must let go of who we are in order to become who we are supposed to be."
-- Awakening At Midlife, by Kathleen A. Brehony

You are changing! At this stage of transition, I will accompany you on a search and rescue mission in order to unlock and establish your real identity. Here are some questions that are worth pondering:

How do you discover your authentic self?
What type of identity do you want to develop during the second half of your life?
What do you have to shed in order for this to happen?
How do you create meaning and purpose in your life at this time?
How would you like your eulogy to read?
When you were a child, what did you love to do?
Would you like to learn how to access these lost and forgotten interests?
Is it possible that you feel helpless and hopeless?
How do you implement fun in your life?

These are crucial questions for you to really be thinking about at this time. Coming in for psychotherapy at this juncture is all about "letting go" and learning how to "embrace your whole self". You don’t have to stay stuck any longer. It is possible to have a happy and fulfilling life at this stage. I will help you transform into the very special and unique person that has always been waiting to come alive!