Early adulthood can be one of the most difficult times of our lives.
For so many of us, our twenties and thirties bring tremendous challenges. We may feel adrift without a clear sense of who we are or what we want. We may be struggling with dating, experiencing a big break-up, or newly married. We may be trying to figure out if we want children, facing infertility, or navigating life as new parents. We may feel totally overwhelmed— or totally unfulfilled— by our work.
In our early adulthood years, we navigate so much all at once: the difficulties of dating and building satisfying relationships, finding meaning and purpose in our work, forging adult relationships with our parents and siblings, and beginning to form families of our own. It’s an incredibly important time to figure out who we are and what’s important to us.
And for so many of us, it’s in this period that we often face our own internal lives for the first time— often experiencing anxiety, self-criticism, perfectionism, unworthiness, or deep loneliness.
You're Not Alone.
We all have formative experiences growing up— in our families, communities, and cultures— that shape how we feel, what we believe about ourselves, and how we relate to others. Sometimes, we’re left with coping strategies that, while at first adaptive, become limiting to our full flourishing in our adult lives.
It’s often not until we face the many challenges of adulthood that we begin to realize the old, painful ways we relate to ourselves or feel disconnected from others— or that we recognize the full impact of hurtful, shameful, or traumatic experiences we carry.
It's OK to Need Help
As a psychotherapist who specializes in the early decades of adulthood, I work with twenty- and thirty-somethings who want to use the difficulty of this period as an opportunity to grow.
With empathy, honesty, and respect, I will help you face the challenges of this time head-on, and heal the hurts that stand in your way from becoming your most authentic self.
Working together, I’ll help you transform your anxiety and depression, develop self-compassion and self-confidence, get clear on who you really are and what you want, and create fulfilling, meaningful relationships. Together, we’ll help you begin to write new chapters in your story, filled with authenticity, connection, courage, and satisfaction.
Let's roll up our sleeves to enable you to emerge from this stormy time stronger, clearer, more resilient— and ready for the rest of your life.
“Rena understood my struggle exactly, in a time in my life when it felt like no one else did. She is an insightful, active listener, who has the rare gift of being supportive while still direct and honest.”