Life Transitions Counselling: When life changes shape

Support through change, whether it was chosen, sudden, or still unfolding.

Life Transitions Counselling in Brockville, ON

Even changes we want can knock us off balance. A new role, a move, a separation, a diagnosis, retirement, becoming a parent, or watching your children leave home. Change asks us to let go of one version of life before the next one feels real.

Many people are surprised by how unsettled they feel, especially when the change looks good on paper. Therapy offers a place to make sense of what’s ending, what’s beginning, and who you are in between.

Making Sense of the Change

We look at what this transition means to you, and what it may be stirring up from earlier chapters of your life.

Finding Your Footing

Room to explore what matters to you now, and how you want to move forward.

Transitions We Support

Separation and Divorce
Becoming a Parent
Empty Nest
Retirement
Career Changes
Moving
Health Changes
Identity and Midlife

Life Transitions FAQs

Q. Why do I feel this way about a change I wanted?

Every change involves some loss, even good ones. It’s common to feel grief, doubt, or disorientation alongside excitement.

Q. How do I know if I need support?

There’s no threshold to meet. If a change is taking up a lot of space in your mind or your days, that’s reason enough to talk.

Our Team

Meet the Clinicians

Each of these clinicians works with this area. If you’re not sure who to choose, we’re happy to help you find a good match.

Meredith Armstrong
She/Her

Meredith Armstrong, MSW, RSW

Owner, Social Worker, Psychotherapist

Meredith Armstrong is a Registered Social Worker and the owner of St. Lawrence Psychotherapy and Wellness. She has been doing this work since 2001, and it has never once felt like just a job to her.

Addiction and Substance Use Trauma Healthcare Professionals +12 More
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Jim Page
He/Him

Jim Page, MS, RSW

Social Worker, Psychotherapist

Jim is a Registered Social Worker with a Master of Science in Human Services from Capella University, MN. He has more than 20 years of experience providing individual, couple and family therapy in private practice as well as community agency and hospital outpatient settings.

Trauma Healthcare Professionals Traumatic Incident Reduction +4 More
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Genevieve Fincher
She/Her

Genevieve Fincher, MSW, RSW

Social Worker

Genevieve Fincher is a classically trained clinical social worker who graduated from the University of South Carolina and has over 20 years of experience working in adult and children’s mental health.

ADHD and Neurodivergence Strengths Based Approach Family Systems Approach +4 More
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Charlotte (Charlie) MacDonald
She/Her

Charlotte (Charlie) MacDonald, RP (Qualifying)

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

Charlotte, also known as Charlie, is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) who recently graduated from Yorkville University and has joined the St. Lawrence Psychotherapy and Wellness Team.

Addiction and Substance Use Trauma Cognitive Behavioural Therapy +5 More
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Lia Forma
She/Her

Lia Forma, MSW, RSW

Social Worker, Psychotherapist

Lia is a Social Worker with over 15 years of experience across community and residential settings. She has walked alongside people through mental health struggles, addiction, trauma, intimate partner violence, and women’s health, and she brings that same steady presence to the men who come to her too. She’s especially attuned to the particular pressures and expectations that can shape how men cope, communicate, and carry what they’re going through, often quietly, and often for a long time before they ask for help.

Addiction and Substance Use Trauma Informed Counselling Harm Reduction Psychotherapy +6 More
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Mandy LeBlanc
She/Her

Mandy LeBlanc, MSW, RSW

Social Worker

Mandy is a Registered Social Worker with more than 22 years of experience in the mental health and addictions field, working across both community and institutional settings. Since beginning her Social Work education in 2002, she has completed her Master of Social Work degree along with a variety of additional courses and professional certifications to further support her clinical practice.

Burnout Healthcare Professionals Cognitive Behavioural Therapy +5 More
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Mackenzie Howard
She/Her

Mackenzie Howard, RP (Qualifying)

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

Mackenzie works with adolescents and adults who are exhausted from always being the strong one, who overthink conversations, worry about disappointing people, and struggle to put themselves first without guilt. She helps people move out of people-pleasing, perfectionism, anxiety, and self-doubt, and toward healthier boundaries, more trust in their own judgment, and more peace day to day.

Burnout Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) +3 More
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Karen Gillis
She/Her

Karen Gillis, MSW, MA, RSW

Social Worker

Karen works with teens, students, young adults, and professionals navigating perfectionism, OCD, ADHD, anxiety, and burnout. Many of the people she sees are capable and driven, and used to holding things together even when they’re overwhelmed, overthinking everything, or exhausted from trying to keep up.

Teen Therapy OCD ADHD and Neurodivergence +6 More
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You don’t need to have it figured out.