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Young Adults

 

Find direction and guidance during this next stage of your life.

Navigating Young Adulthood

 Being a young adult today is vastly different from a decade ago. Transitioning into your 20s and 30s often brings significant changes like moving, starting or finishing school, living independently, beginning a job, or discovering your identity outside of school. These shifts can be both exciting and overwhelming.


Experts note that many memorable events happen during your 20s, making you feel worlds apart from your teenage self. This period of growth often brings anxiety and stress as you navigate new responsibilities. Relationships, social lives, finances, and work challenges emerge while society expects you to quickly figure everything out. This can feel paralyzing as you make big life decisions.


For some, this stage is exciting and full of anticipation; for others, it can be daunting. Everyone experiences this transition differently, mixing stress, joy, confusion, pride, and nervousness. With changing social dynamics, young adulthood often feels like a lot all at once.

Unique challenges of being a young adult


 Common issues for young adults:


  • Academic difficulty
  • Relationship struggles, both with friends and romantic partners
  • Navigating complex family dynamics or multicultural expectations.
  • Feeling confused about where your life is going
  • Destructive patterns at work or with relationships
  • Financial challenges when living on your own
  • Developing or managing mental health concerns
  • Working through traumatic experiences.
  • Having feelings that you’re stuck or that you’re not doing what you, your friends, or family might’ve expected
  • Challenges managing relationships or wanting to have deeper connections with people
  • Stress around career choices, work life balances
  • Questioning of sexual orientation
  • Self doubt/low self esteem
  • Substance abuse issues with drugs or alcohol
  • Trouble with decisions about your life, relationships, or jobs

Benefits of therapy for young adults

Therapy can help you navigate many of the challenges of this period of your life, including:


Finding your place: You might be figuring out who you are and where you want to go in life. A therapist can help you explore your identity and set realistic goals.


Get help with stress and anxiety: Whether it’s work, school, friendships, or money, stress can negatively affect your mental health in so many ways. With therapy, you can learn effective coping skills that help you manage anxiety and deal with stress better. 


Have better relationships: Communication is so important in this period of you life, and a therapist can help you improve how you communicate, listen, build relationships and maintain them in this period of your life.


Addressing mental health issues:  Study after study is showing the importance of mental health. Whether you’re starting therapy for the first time or continuing something that you’ve tried before, your mental health is a huge part of how you manage day to day in this next stage of your life.