Why Now · Life Transition

Therapy for starting a new job or career change

Adults in Nashville and across Tennessee who are starting a new job, changing careers, or adjusting to new professional demands and want thoughtful psychotherapy — not quick tips.

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What you may be experiencing

Starting a new job — or leaving one behind — can feel exciting and unsettling at the same time. Even when the change is welcome, the early weeks often bring questions about competence, belonging, and how you show up under pressure.

I thought this change would feel exciting.
I keep questioning myself.
I feel pressure to prove I'm capable.
I don't feel as confident as I expected.
I worry that good things will not last.

Why this might feel different

A major work transition does more than change your calendar. It can bring long-standing emotional patterns into awareness — ways of protecting self-esteem, relating to authority, or measuring your worth that were learned long before this role.
That does not mean something is “wrong” with you. It means the present moment is close enough to older experiences that those patterns have room to appear again, sometimes more clearly than usual.

How therapy can help

Psychodynamic psychotherapy offers a steady place to notice how past experiences shape your response to this new chapter — at work and in the rest of your life — so you can choose with more freedom.