Life Transitions & Finding Yourself Again

A 12-Week Live Online Therapeutic Group

For the moments when life changes — and you are trying to understand who you are now.

Some transitions are chosen.

Others arrive without asking.

A relationship ends. Children grow up and need us differently. A career changes. We move. We retire. We enter a new stage of life. The roles that once gave our days structure begin to shift.

Even positive changes can unsettle our sense of identity.

What used to feel familiar may no longer fit. What once defined us may no longer be enough. And sometimes the most difficult question is not simply:

“What is changing?”

but:

“Who am I becoming now?”

Life Transitions & Finding Yourself Again is a therapeutic group for people navigating significant life changes and trying to reconnect with a sense of direction, identity and meaning.

The aim is not to return to who you were before.

It is to create space to understand who you are becoming now.

When Life Changes Before You Feel Ready

You may recognise yourself if you are:

• going through separation or divorce

• adjusting to children becoming more independent

• experiencing an empty nest

• changing career or professional direction

• returning to work after a long pause

• relocating or starting again somewhere new

• adjusting to retirement

• entering a different stage of adulthood

• experiencing changes in important relationships

• questioning roles that once felt central to your identity

• feeling uncertain about what comes next

• missing an earlier version of your life

• feeling disconnected from who you used to be

• unsure what you want now that circumstances have changed

• experiencing a transition that others assume should feel exciting, but which also brings grief, fear or confusion

Not every loss looks like loss.

Sometimes what disappears is a role, a routine, a future we expected or a version of ourselves we thought would always be there.

Why Transitions Can Feel So Disorienting

Life transitions do more than change circumstances.

They can disrupt identity.

We often understand ourselves through the roles we inhabit:

parent
partner
professional
caregiver
daughter or son
provider
student
the person everyone depends on
the person who knows what comes next

When one of these roles changes, a familiar part of our identity may change with it.

This can create a period of uncertainty between:

who I was

and

who I am becoming.

That in-between space can feel uncomfortable.

But it can also become a place where new possibilities begin.

The Grief Inside Change

Even when a transition is necessary or wanted, something may still need to be mourned.

A new beginning can coexist with sadness.

Relief can coexist with grief.

Freedom can coexist with fear.

Pride in a child’s independence can coexist with a sense of emptiness.

A career change can bring possibility while also requiring us to say goodbye to a familiar professional identity.

Therapeutic work allows room for these mixed emotions without forcing us to choose between them.

We can be grateful for what is beginning and still grieve what is ending.

What We Will Explore

Across the 12-week therapeutic cycle, we will explore:

The transition you are living through
Understanding what is changing externally and what that change is stirring internally.

Identity beyond familiar roles
Exploring who you are when a role that once defined you becomes smaller, different or no longer exists.

Loss, grief & letting go
Recognising what may need to be acknowledged or mourned before something new can fully begin.

Uncertainty & the future
Exploring the discomfort of not yet knowing what the next chapter will look like.

The expectations we carry
Examining ideas about where we “should” be at a certain age, stage or point in life.

What still belongs to you
Recognising values, capacities, relationships and parts of identity that remain even when circumstances change.

What no longer fits
Creating space to question roles, expectations and ways of living that may have belonged to an earlier chapter.

Reconnecting with desire
Exploring what you want now — not simply what others need from you or what you have always done.

Meaning & direction
Beginning to imagine a future that reflects who you are becoming rather than only who you have been.

When You Have Spent Years Being Needed

For many people, transitions become particularly difficult when much of their identity has been built around being needed.

Parenting is a powerful example.

For years, daily life may revolve around caring, organising, protecting, solving, supporting and being available.

As children grow, the relationship naturally changes.

They need different things.

They make more of their own decisions.

They may move away, build relationships of their own or simply need less practical involvement.

This change can bring pride and joy.

But it can also raise difficult questions:

Who am I when I am no longer needed in the same way?

What parts of myself did I put aside?

What do I want my life to contain now?

Finding yourself again does not mean leaving important relationships behind.

It means allowing your identity to become larger than any single role.

In Positive Psychotherapy

Positive Psychotherapy understands life as a dynamic process of balance, development and meaning.

Transitions can disturb the balance between important areas of life — including the body, achievement, relationships and meaning or future orientation.

A person may have invested heavily in one area for many years.

For example, parenting may have occupied much of the relationship domain.

Career may have dominated achievement.

A partnership may have provided structure, belonging and future direction.

When one of these areas changes, the imbalance can suddenly become visible.

Positive Psychotherapy invites us to ask not only:

“What have I lost?”

but also:

“Which capacities helped me reach this point?”

“Which parts of myself have received too little space?”

“What needs greater attention now?”

“What kind of future feels meaningful to me from here?”

The goal is not to replace one rigid identity with another.

It is to develop a more flexible sense of self that can continue growing as life changes.

Finding Yourself Again Does Not Mean Going Back

The phrase “finding yourself again” can sound as though there is an earlier version of you waiting to be recovered.

But sometimes there is no going back.

Experiences change us.

Relationships change us.

Parenthood changes us.

Loss changes us.

Time changes us.

The work is therefore not necessarily to rediscover exactly who you were.

It may be to recognise what still belongs to you, what has changed and what new parts of yourself are ready to emerge.

You are allowed to become someone you have not been before.

What This Group Can Help You Develop

The group can support you in developing:

• greater understanding of the emotional impact of change

• a clearer sense of identity beyond familiar roles

• increased tolerance for uncertainty

• healthier ways of processing loss and transition

• awareness of expectations that no longer fit

• greater connection with your own needs and desires

• confidence entering a new stage of life

• greater flexibility around changing roles

• renewed attention to neglected parts of yourself

• clearer personal values

• a stronger sense of direction

• greater openness to new relationships, experiences and possibilities

• a future that feels personally meaningful rather than simply expected

Between What Was and What Comes Next

Transitions often create an uncomfortable space between two chapters.

The old one is ending.

The new one has not fully taken shape.

It can be tempting to rush through this space.

To find another role.

Another plan.

Another certainty.

But sometimes the in-between period has something important to offer.

It gives us the opportunity to ask:

What do I want to keep?

What am I ready to release?

What have I learned?

What deserves more space now?

Who am I when I am not simply fulfilling the roles others know me by?

A New Chapter Does Not Erase the Previous One

Moving forward does not mean that what came before mattered less.

We carry our relationships, experiences, losses, achievements and memories with us.

But they do not have to determine every chapter that follows.

Sometimes a transition is not an ending or a beginning.

It is both.

You do not have to know exactly who you will become before you begin moving toward what comes next.

Group Details

12 Weekly Sessions
Saturdays | 17:30–19:00
90 minutes per session
Live Online
13 February 2027 – 8 May 2027

New participants join at the beginning of the 12-week therapeutic cycle, allowing the group to develop continuity, trust and a consistent therapeutic space.

Session Dates

February 2027
13 February
20 February
27 February

March 2027
6 March
13 March
20 March
27 March

April 2027
3 April
10 April
17 April
24 April

May 2027
1 May – No Session
8 May

Final session: 8 May 2027

Fees & Payment Options

Pay Per Session
€30 per 90-minute session

Monthly Prepayment
€25 per session when all sessions scheduled for that month are paid together in advance.

The monthly prepayment option applies when all scheduled sessions within the calendar month are paid in advance.

Joining the Group

If you would like to participate, please complete the registration form below.