What counts as a life transition?

A transition may be a clear event, such as a move or a relationship ending. It can also unfold gradually as responsibilities, priorities, and relationships change. You may be adjusting to something you chose while also grieving what you left behind. Therapy can make room for more than one feeling about the same situation.

• Changes in work, direction, or the role achievement plays in your life.
• Relationship beginnings, endings, or changing family expectations.
• Parenting and caregiving responsibilities that affect your time and identity.
• Relocation, belonging, or moving between cultural expectations.
• Questions about boundaries, priorities, and what you want the next stage to hold.

What can therapy focus on?

Sessions can help you separate your own needs from the expectations around you, make sense of uncertainty, and consider choices in context. Your therapist does not need to decide your life for you. The work can support a clearer understanding of what matters, what is within your control, and what support would be useful.

A practical goal might be preparing for a difficult conversation, setting a boundary around caregiving, or making room for an unfamiliar role. Another goal may be understanding why a change brings up earlier experiences. You can revisit the focus as the transition unfolds.

Which clinician may be a fit?

Seema Sharma, Pre-Licensed Professional, MA explicitly includes life transitions, caregiving, parenting, relationships, and women’s issues among her areas of work. Her biography describes her experience as a second-generation immigrant and a mother navigating multiple cultural worlds. Her approach is humanistic and may draw on cognitive behavioral, compassion-focused, and solution-focused methods. She is supervised by Randi Williams, LPC, CPCS.

Meg Bearman, LPC/MHSP, ATR works with adults on relationships, emotions, and difficult experiences using an integrative, strengths-based approach. Her work can include exploring identity, patterns, and the experiences that shape current choices. She also enjoys working with people in music, the arts, and other creative fields. Art making is optional.

Do I need a diagnosis or a crisis to start?

No. You can contact the practice because you want time to reflect, make a decision, or understand your response to a change. A consultation helps determine whether therapy here fits the support you are looking for. You do not have to wait until things feel unmanageable to ask questions.

What can I bring to a first conversation?

Consider describing what has changed, what you miss or worry about, and what you hope will feel different. You can also name competing demands: what you want for yourself, what other people expect, and the practical limits you are working within. A short, unfinished description is enough to begin.

If your transition also involves grief, anxiety, low mood, or relationship concerns, those connections can be part of the same conversation.

Appointments in Atlanta and online

The office is at 32 Lenox Pointe NE, Atlanta, GA 30324. Meg offers online therapy in Georgia and Tennessee; Seema offers online therapy in Georgia only. If a move or travel is part of your transition, discuss your physical location before continuing online appointments. Review current appointments and fees, compare Meg and Seema, or read what to expect at your first therapy appointment.

How do I get started?

You can request a free 20-minute consultation by phone or video, call (404) 465-3885, or email megbearman@megbearmancounseling.com. Tell us the kind of support you are looking for, your preferred format, and the state where you will attend sessions.

Published by Meg Bearman Counseling. Updated September 28, 2026.