Gen X

You didn’t expect the anger.

It starts in your chest, then catches in your throat. You try to suppress it, but it explodes with greater force – in tears, snark, or words you instantly regret.

So you turn it on yourself. Ruminating over something that happened years ago. Beating yourself up with the 24-hour news cycle and the endless round of injustice, cruelty, and outrage. It makes you feel worse, but you can’t tear yourself away.

You dare someone to tell you it’s just a hot flash. Can’t they see the whole world is on fire?

Why Gen X Therapy?

It’s not about having a therapist who gets your pop culture references. It’s treatment that understands the quirks, wisdom, and trauma of Gen X, the Jan Brady of generations. It’s about meeting this moment in history, getting clear about who we are and what we want to do next.

“Ch-changes, turn and face the…”

The hormonal changes of midlife create changes in the brain. Scientists have discovered the part of your brain responsible for your emotional memories is significantly impacted by these chemical changes. That means the issues you thought you resolved years ago must be re-solved. Is it any wonder it feels like Groundhog Day?

And boy, can we claim some baggage. We were latchkey kids who learned about sex during the disco 70s, only to lose our virginity during the AIDS epidemic. But we’re tough. Independent.

Literally, every day of the 1980s, we thought Russia would bomb us into oblivion. And speaking of things resolved years ago, we are now marching for reproductive rights as our childbearing years come to a close.

It’s not just hormones. Your anger has a reason.

In our sessions, we talk about it safely and nonjudgmentally. For us, it’s a road map guiding us to the areas in your life that are crying out for change. Often, these are unmet emotional needs that we had to suppress to get along with our spouses and raise our children.

Now is the time to let it out. If we don’t address these issues, they appear in midlife as illnesses – heart disease, breast cancer, stroke, depression, and anxiety, to name a few.

“This could be the best place yet, but you must
overcome your …”

Taking care of your mental health is taking care of your physical health. In our sessions, you will learn mindfulness techniques to help you be present in the moment and manage hormonal surges and sweats.

We’ll work on evidence-based behavioral strategies to control doom-scrolling and reduce unhealthy ruminating.

We will identify the things that really matter to you and develop a solid plan of action to effect meaningful change.

With the right approach, therapy can help you feel more connected and more empowered. Healed from the past and ready to receive the future. More effective and more expressive.

I have faith in you, my Gen X compatriots. We got through school without Google; we will make it through midlife.

Let’s talk!