Many clients who seek services from Live In Light Counselling Services are in the retirement transition period. If you are in this period yourself, know that you are not alone and are likely very surprised to be seeking out counselling support at this time of life (what was supposed to be the most peaceful and relaxing phase of your life).

The adjustment period that comes with retirement can be an unexpected and challenging. Many clients find themselves in a period of emotional difficulty that can impact relationships and day to day functioning as life is not what they were expecting it would be upon retirement. Meaning is often lost or questioned; new identity unclear.

It is often helpful to reach out to a professional during this time for support with moving forward with confidence, emotional and spiritual growth and wellness.

Are any of the following familiar to you?

I did not work hard all my life and retire to start doing housework
My partner and I want different things. How do we move forward?
I want to travel, my partner wants to save the money we have made. What do we do?
This is not the relationship I pictured having with my children and grandchildren at this point in my life
Just because you like staying home doesn’t mean that I have to – or does it?
In our busy lives we didn’t have time to get to know each other. Now that we do, I don’t know if I like you
We spend our lives apart within the same home and have almost no intimacy. Is this what life holds for me?
Should I have downsized?
Should I have retired?
I can’t sleep and I am up earlier than ever
What mark will I leave on this world?
Now when I walk in a room I am not an authority, do not command respect and am not an expert. Who am I now?
I have had my morning coffee. Now what…

While some of these seem comical the feelings that accompany such thoughts can be hard to deal with and disorienting. You do not have to face these things in isolation.

Please don’t hesitate to make contact with any questions or inquiries related to in-person sessions, retirement counselling, e-counselling, the counselling process or about the psychotherapeutic services offered.