Starting counselling for life transitions is similar to driving. For example, if you are new to driving, it may take some time to feel comfortable. Similarly, you may be new to counselling and feel nervous about starting. In counselling, I create a safe space and ensure you feel heard, validated, and supported. We unpack your life transition, discuss your coping mechanisms, and I share tools and strategies to help you cope when you feel overwhelmed. Some sessions may involve driving through difficult terrain as you share upsetting, painful experiences. But you are not alone; we process these experiences as we move forward together. You can pull over, slow down, or change lanes at any time. You gain new insights and understanding, creating new experiences and awareness. Driving home after your counselling session, you feel validated, supported, reassured, and more resilient. You also feel more connected with your authentic self.
Hi, my name is Leena Mehta, and I am a registered clinical counsellor in Burnaby (#19428). I’ve worked as a counsellor for over eight years and am dedicated to helping individuals with life transitions. You don’t have to go through it alone. I support individuals like you who are moving provinces, starting a new job or processing the end of a long-term relationship. I provide life transition counselling in Burnaby and online to both adults and youth.
I am a Burnaby therapist who works with you to unpack and process your life transition. This happens in a safe, non-judgmental and confidential space, both in person and online. Your life transition may be connected to school, work, relationships or your identity. I work with you to build self-acceptance, self-kindness, and self-compassion.
Tired of feeling alone? What if I told you that you can access support and worry less about the future? Let’s work together and focus on your strength and resilience.
At Ease Counselling in Burnaby, I work with you to help you achieve your goals and improve your mental health. Starting therapy and talking to a counsellor may bring up anxiety or other concerns. But let me reassure you, it takes strength and courage to access professional counselling support.
You may be a busy, successful professional who struggles with grief and loss after your thirty-year marriage ended. At work, you may have everything under control, and coworkers may admire how you engage in meetings. However, internally, you may be struggling with the end of your marriage. You may be lost, sad, depressed, lonely and embarrassed. You don’t share these feelings at work and continue to conduct yourself professionally. What if I told you that you are not the only one who struggles with sadness and low mood?
You may be a high-achieving student who struggles to start grade ten at a new high school. At your previous school, your peers and friends admired your ability to study, submit coursework and deliver presentations on time. However, at your new school, you struggle with having to leave your friends behind and start at a new high school. You feel sad, mad, lonely and stressed. You don’t feel comfortable sharing your feelings with your friends. What if I told you that you are not the only one grieving a loss?
You may be a stay-at-home parent or caregiver who struggles with being a first-time mum and not being at work. At home, you may appear to be in control, consistently meeting your partner’s and children’s needs. However, internally, you may struggle with anxiety and sadness because you miss the life you had before you became a parent, and while you love your baby, you are struggling to create a new routine. What if I told you that other parents, including mums, experience grief and loss?
At Ease Counselling in Burnaby provides a safe space for you to share your story. You are the expert of your life, not me or anyone else. As your counsellor, I support and empower you, but I don’t tell you what to do. Instead, I invite you to listen to and feel your gut. We all have a gut feeling, and I’m interested in learning what it communicates to you.
Let’s work together in a safe space and make space for all the different emotions you’re feeling. As your counsellor in Burnaby, I understand that you may struggle to make space for the sadness you feel or anxiety. At times, it may feel overwhelming, and you may want to run away or shut down. I’m here to support you every step of the way, and together we identify what each of your feelings needs. You are not too much or too sensitive. It makes sense that you’re emotional. Let me support you in providing a nonjudgmental, compassionate space where your emotions are seen, heard, and understood.
Life transitions can affect you in several ways. For example:
As your Burnaby BIPOC counsellor, I ensure you feel seen, heard, validated, and accepted. Starting your healing journey takes courage, and I am here to support you every step of the way. It’s hard, but you don’t have to do it alone.
Burnaby life transition counselling provides a non-judgmental, kind, and compassionate space to help you unpack your perfectionism. Together, we focus on your needs, which may include the following:
I need your help in determining which counselling modality is a good fit for you. It’s okay if you don’t know. I use a variety of different counselling modalities to support clients with life transitions. Every client is different, and as a counsellor, I support each client with where they are in their healing journey. Counselling modalities that can help include:
ACT can help clients accept their thoughts and feelings without trying to change them. It can also help individuals change their behaviour to align more closely with their values. For example, noticing when they feel anxious and how to cope with these feelings.
CBT can help individuals identify and challenge negative thought patterns. It can also help individuals challenge thinking traps.
DBT can help individuals with emotional regulation by learning skills to help them cope. It can also help individuals learn strategies to help them cope with distress.
Starting counselling may feel overwhelming, but there are resources you can access.
Life transition counselling in Burnaby focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, body sensations, and behaviour. We also examine how your life transition impacts these, how you cope, and where you feel stuck. For some people, their responses are shaped by past experiences. For example, your anxiety about moving to a new city may be connected to the anxiety you felt as a teenager and child. It may also be connected to your upbringing and the fact that you moved around a lot. As your Burnaby therapist, we also spend time on your self-talk. For example, some clients have a negative and harsh inner dialogue. We unpack this in counselling and how it impacts your feelings and behaviour. Finally, we unpack your fears and unmet or unresolved childhood needs.
Life transition counselling in Burnaby explores the impact of your life transition. We unpack how it impacts your day-to-day life, view of self, and relationships with others. Individuals who are navigating life transitions sometimes hesitate to reach out because they believe they should handle it on their own. However, it’s okay to ask for support. Life transitions can sometimes feel scary, stressful, and overwhelming. It can also feel lonely sometimes, even when we have support from loved ones. As your counsellor in Burnaby, I support you in overcoming your fears and challenging negative core beliefs. I work with clients to challenge negative core beliefs and to strengthen positive ones. Life transitions can feel challenging and overwhelming, but you don’t have to cope with them alone.
Life transition counselling in Burnaby helps you process and heal. You may have coping mechanisms, but these may no longer be effective. I share tools and strategies that help you cope and process your life transition. You may be grieving the end of your marriage and feel angry. We process this anger, along with other emotions that surface. We make space for your anger and get curious about what it needs. You may be experiencing sadness, which is making it difficult to go to work or socialise. As your counsellor in Burnaby, I make space for this sadness. I’m interested in learning more about where in your body you feel it and what it needs. No one wants to feel sad, but your sadness is communicating to you, similar to other emotions, and it’s my job to help you unpack what it is communicating. Together, we explore not just how to regulate emotions but also how to soothe them without feeling overwhelmed, shutting down, or avoiding them.
Feelings of anxiety can stem from various places. For some people, their anxiety is rooted in their childhood or adolescence, for others, it is rooted in their family of origin. Childhood abuse or trauma, traumatic life experiences, and attachment styles may also explain why someone feels anxious. At Ease Counselling in Burnaby helps clients unpack the origins of their anxiety in a safe, non-judgmental space. Many people feel anxious in life, and as your counsellor, I’m interested in learning more about what your anxiety is trying to communicate to you. What if I told you many of the clients I support experience some form of anxiety?
I understand reaching out and starting therapy is not easy. Many of my clients share feelings of anxiety, nervousness or worry before their appointment. As your Burnaby therapist, I create a safe space for all clients to feel seen and heard. I build rapport with each client and remain curious to learn more about their unique experiences. With my client’s permission, we explore their feelings of shame, and I ensure they feel validated, reassured and safe.
The number of sessions you may need varies from client to client. Every client I support as a Burnaby therapist is different, with varying needs. I work with each client to establish goals, and we work together to achieve them. Clients who have been struggling for a while may need more sessions to help them unpack thought patterns and identify where they feel stuck. However, clients who have been struggling for a shorter period and seek support sooner may find they have less to unpack and process.
Counselling in Burnaby focuses on the stressors in your life, and together we unpack what you control and what is outside of your control. For example, work may be stressful, and while you can’t change other people or the system, you may be able to find another job. You may feel stressed about moving or changing careers. We can unpack this and more in a counselling session.
Counselling can help individuals unpack and process their emotions. Some clients feel stressed and overwhelmed during a life transition, while others feel sad or afraid. As your Burnaby therapist, I work with clients to help them feel more in control, even when they feel overwhelmed or stressed. I support clients in regulating their emotions and encourage them to notice bodily sensations. Finally, I gently remind clients that their feelings will pass and that they will not always feel so overwhelmed or stressed.
As a Burnaby BIPOC counsellor, sessions focus on meeting you where you are and working at your pace, alongside you, with compassion, kindness, and curiosity, both in-person and online.
As a Burnaby therapist, I incorporate evidence-based modalities in every session. I am trained in various evidence-based modalities, including Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. Each of these modalities equips me to support your unique needs, and we work together to achieve your counselling goals.
As a Burnaby therapist, I understand the impact of inequality and oppression, providing a safe, non-judgmental, and inclusive space in-person and online. People from all ethnic backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations, including 2SLGBTQ+, are welcome. As a South Asian Burnaby therapist, I create a culturally sensitive space, and I am curious to learn more about your culture, norms, and values.
