
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
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.
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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
Other Areas of Support
Most people come in with more than one thing on their mind.

Grief and Loss
Space for loss of every kind, including the ones other people don’t always see.

Relationships
Room to look at the patterns between people, and where they began.

Depression
Depression often makes sense once the whole story is on the table. We start there, without pressure to feel better faster than you’re ready to.
