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When the old way of living no longer fits
Change can unsettle more than your routine. It can affect your relationships, sense of purpose, and understanding of who you are. Counselling offers a grounded place to make sense of what is ending, what remains, and what may come next.
What to Expect
What happens in the room
Name what changed
Map the practical and emotional parts of the transition.
Recognize what was lost
Make room for grief even when the change was chosen.
Question old expectations
Separate your values from pressure and fear.
Find what remains
Reconnect with relationships, strengths, and meaning.
Choose a direction
Build a way forward that fits who you are now.
How Counselling Can Help
Make room for what the change means
Transitions can bring relief, possibility, fear, grief, and uncertainty at the same time. Mixed feelings do not mean you are handling the change badly.
Counselling creates space to understand what the transition is asking of you before rushing toward an answer.
A Humanistic Approach
Samer takes a grounded, collaborative approach. The work considers your history, culture, relationships, values, and the full context of your life.
Sessions are available in English and Arabic.
If This Sounds Familiar
You know something has changed, but not what comes next
The role that once gave your life structure no longer fits.
You made a decision that seemed right but did not expect the loss.
You are moving forward on paper while feeling stuck internally.
People expect you to be excited, relieved, or over it by now.
You have spent so long meeting responsibilities that you are unsure what you want.
You ask yourself, Who am I now, and do not have a clear answer.
You do not have to make complete sense of this before asking for support.
A Closer Look
Retirement changes more than your schedule
Work may have provided structure, purpose, social contact, and a clear answer to the question, What do you do? When that ends, you may have more time but less sense of where you belong.
Retirement can affect a relationship too. Partners may have different expectations about time, space, money, intimacy, family, and the years ahead. Sometimes a wife or partner notices the change first.
Individual counselling gives you a private place to understand the loss of work-based identity, communicate more clearly, and decide what you want this stage of life to become.
Sessions and Fees
Straightforward pricing
Individual counselling is available in person in Vernon and online. Text, email, or call if you do not see a time that works. Samer responds within one business day.
Check-In
30 minutes
$75
A focused session to process something specific.
BookSession
60 minutes
$130
Go deeper and work through patterns.
BookDeep Dive
90 minutes
$175
Extended time for complex situations.
BookExtended Health Benefits
Samer Dawood holds the MPCC-p designation with the CPCA and the RTC designation with the ACCT. Sessions may be claimable through some providers under some plans. Confirm eligibility directly with your benefits provider.
Vernon Locations
4415 29th St, Vernon, BC V1T 5B7
2749 30th St, Vernon, BC V1T 5C6, at Cedar & Soak
Phone or text: 778-212-8581
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Questions about life transitions counselling
Is counselling only for negative change?
No. Chosen and positive changes can still bring uncertainty, grief, pressure, or identity shifts.
What if I do not know what to decide?
You do not need to decide before beginning counselling.
Can counselling help with retirement?
Yes. Retirement can change routine, purpose, relationships, and an identity built around work.
Does Samer work with newcomers?
Yes. His lived immigration experience informs his work with culture, belonging, and identity.
Scope and Safety
Counselling does not replace legal, financial, medical, immigration, employment, or other specialized professional advice.
If anyone is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. If you are thinking about suicide or worried about someone else, call or text 9-8-8 in Canada.
Take the Next Step
Begin with a free consultation
A free 20-minute consultation is a simple way to meet Samer, ask questions, and decide whether counselling feels like the right next step.