Understanding Yourself Through a Season of Change
Perimenopause and menopause can change the way you experience your emotions, relationships, and even yourself. During a time when so much feels different, therapy offers a space to slow down, understand what's changing, and reconnect with what matters most.
Perimenopause Can Feel Like You've Become a Different Person
Many people describe feeling unlike themselves during perimenopause. Reactions, emotions, and ways of coping that once felt familiar may suddenly feel different, making it difficult to recognize yourself.
You may notice:
Emotions feel bigger than they used to
Small frustrations become overwhelming
It's harder to concentrate, stay organized, or manage competing demands
You find yourself feeling more forgetful or mentally overwhelmed than usual
Decisions that once felt simple suddenly feel exhausting
Patience feels harder to access
Relationships suddenly feel more challenging
You don't recognize the version of yourself that's showing up
Therapy That Makes Sense of What's Changing
Perimenopause isn't just a hormonal transition. It is a whole-body transition that often affects your emotions, relationships, nervous system, identity, and the ways you've learned to cope throughout your life.
Together we create space to understand how these pieces are interacting so you can respond with greater clarity, flexibility, and self-compassion.
Finding Your Way Through This Transition
Therapy won't stop hormonal and body changes—but it can help you understand what's happening, reduce shame, support your relationships, and navigate this season with greater clarity and confidence.
We can help you:
understand why familiar situations suddenly feel so much harder
respond to intense emotions with greater self-compassion
reduce shame and self-criticism
recognize patterns that no longer serve you
navigate changes in relationships, work, caregiving, and identity
reconnect with your body and yourself
collaborate with medical providers when helpful
Why Choose SunPath
Perimenopause is more than a hormonal transition. It can affect the way you experience your emotions, relationships, body, work, and sense of self. We believe meaningful care begins by understanding how these pieces interact rather than reducing your experience to a single cause.
At SunPath, we integrate Internal Family Systems (IFS), attachment theory, relational neuroscience, and experiential therapies to help you make sense of what's changing with curiosity rather than self-criticism. Our goal isn't simply to reduce symptoms—it's to help you understand yourself more deeply and build lasting, meaningful change.
Because perimenopause often involves both emotional and physical changes, we're also comfortable collaborating with physicians and other healthcare providers when it's helpful, so your care reflects the whole picture.
Meet the Therapists
Leah Fishbein, LMFT
Leah helps women navigate life's transitions with greater clarity, self-compassion, and connection. She works collaboratively to understand the emotional, relational, and identity shifts that can arise during midlife, tailoring therapy to each person's unique experience.
Lirone Losoff, ALMFT
Lirone specializes in supporting women through the emotional and relational changes of perimenopause and menopause. Drawing on IFS, attachment theory, relational neuroscience, and current menopause research, she helps clients understand what's changing, reduce self-blame, and reconnect with themselves during this season of life.
Your Questions, Answered
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Many of the emotional and cognitive changes associated with perimenopause—such as increased anxiety, irritability, difficulty concentrating, or feeling unlike yourself—can have other causes as well. Therapy isn't about diagnosing perimenopause, but it can help you make sense of your experience. If appropriate, we may also encourage you to speak with your primary care provider or a menopause-informed medical professional.
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Yes. Hormone therapy can be an important part of treatment for many people, but it doesn't necessarily address the emotional, relational, or identity changes that can accompany this transition. Therapy can complement medical care by helping you navigate those aspects while adjusting to what's changing.
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No. You don't need a diagnosis or referral to begin therapy. Whether you're wondering if you're entering perimenopause, have recently started menopause, or simply notice that something feels different, therapy can provide a space to explore your experience.
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When it's helpful and with your written permission, we're happy to collaborate with your physician or other healthcare providers. Perimenopause often involves both physical and emotional changes, and coordinated care can help ensure you're supported from multiple perspectives.
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Perimenopause affects much more than hormone levels. Sleep, stress, relationships, caregiving, work, physical health, and past experiences can all shape how this transition feels. Rather than trying to identify a single cause, therapy helps you understand how these pieces interact so you can respond with greater clarity and self-compassion.
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Yes. Many people notice changes in attention, memory, organization, decision-making, and mental stamina during perimenopause. These shifts can be especially frustrating if you've always relied on routines or strategies that suddenly don't seem to work as well. Therapy can help you make sense of these changes while supporting both your emotional well-being and day-to-day functioning.
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If you've found yourself thinking, "I don't feel like myself anymore," therapy may be a helpful place to begin. We offer complimentary consultations so you can ask questions, learn about our approach, and decide whether working together feels like the right fit.
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Yes. We offer secure telehealth sessions throughout Illinois, allowing you to access therapy from wherever you feel most comfortable.
Ready to Get Started?
Whether you're ready to schedule a complimentary consultation or simply have questions about our services, we're here to help.