Quarterlife Center - Counseling for Young Adults

Grief has many causes and many faces. Losing a loved one, and then feeling alone in your grief can feel devastating. Grieving is never easy, but the grieving process for young adults (quarterlifers) is particularly rough . With a few exceptions, a young adult doesn’t expect to face the death of a loved one. Because grieving a death is non-normative during this phase of life, a grieving quarterlifer is apt to feel like peers don’t understand. Additionally, it can be challenging to find resources and help for grieving young adults. As a 25 year-old grieving client expressed, “my friends don’t know how to handle my sadness. I feel so alone . . . like everyone is tiptoeing around me.” The following poem captures this feeling and illuminates the most important way in which you can help a young adult who is grieving: “Elephant in the Room” by Terry Kettering “There’s an elephant in the room. It is large and squatting, so it is hard to get around it. Yet we squeeze ...

Dr. Christine Greer O’Connor, PhD — Founder of the Quarterlife Center speaking about the Quarterlife Crisis. Learn more at   www.quarterlifecenter.com

Meet Paula Otero, LPC !   Using a collaborative, supportive and integrative approach, Paula specializes in helping clients with relationships, career transitions, trauma, depression, anxiety, and family conflicts. She aims to help individuals and couples find emotional wellness, flexibility, resilience, and personal growth. She is bilingual in Spanish/English and has expertise working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Paula deeply understands that growth and change go hand-in-hand; whether the change is joyous or painful, she helps clients as they grow and find fulfillment through life transitions. When she isn’t helping clients, Paula enjoys traveling, exercising, and spending time with friends and family. Education MA in Psychology, Universidad de Buenos Aires and Argosy University. Advanced Training ITTI — International Trauma Training Institute Licenses Licensed Profesional Counselor Washington, D.C., LPC Her Personally Speaking-...

The  Quarter-Life Center (QLC)  is a place where quarterlifers get help discovering answers about themselves and their relationships to figure out the road ahead. We are professional, licensed therapists who specialize in providing counseling to adults in their 20s and 30s. We are dedicated to helping you live life to the fullest by guiding you to create the life you want. At the Quarter-Life Center, we believe that the most important investment you can make is in yourself. Quarter-Life Center provides the following services: Individual Counseling Couples Counseling Premarital Counseling Career Coaching Perinatal/Postpartum Counseling QLC was founded by Dr. Christine Greer O’Connor, with the goal of providing specialized services to young adults during a critical time in their lives. After working with young adults in her private psychotherapy practice, she saw the need for support and guidance for quarterlifers trying to adjust to adulthood. As a resu...

You may have heard it called any of these things: telemental health therapy, video therapy, online therapy, Internet-based therapy, remote counseling, virtual therapy, or e-therapy…but what is it exactly? Remote therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which a professional therapist provides counseling services via phone, video, or sometimes even text, rather than conventional in-person therapy. At QLC, we offer remote therapy for our clients in order to ensure continuity of care, even when clients are unable to come into the office for in-person appointments. We understand how busy our clients are, and we are committed to making therapy accessible and convenient. Research has found that remote counseling is becoming increasingly popular and effective, especially among young adults in their twenties and thirties. As our lives are becoming busier, there is an increasing need for mental health support and even less time to schedule in-person office appointments. Remote counseling vi...

In this article, I will show you how you can feel happier and more satisfied in your life, by using a straightforward, simple 4-step exercise. Also, writing a  personal vision statement  can be very helpful. WHY DO YOU FEEL THIS WAY? In psychotherapy, one of the most important questions I urge clients to ask themselves is “WHY?” So, WHY do so many people feel lost and unhappy? Very often, they have been living on autopilot, allowing the “outside-looking-in” perspective define for them what is important rather than asking what really matters to them–what THEY want and need in their lives. As a result, their outer life is inconsistent with their inner life (who they are and what they are about on the inside). Additionally, expectations from others, like parents, professors, bosses, friends, and the larger culture, are very influential and may interfere with finding out, and staying connected to, what they really want and need. In order to live a deeply satisfying l...

Are you thinking about starting premarital counseling? Our QLC Counselors are dedicated to supporting you as you prepare for your marriage. Exploring important topics before marriage helps couples prevent future conflicts and pave the way for a deeply fulfilling marriage. Here is some information about how it works. Premarital counseling usually includes 3–6 counseling sessions and addresses topics like communication, love languages, conflict resolution, emotional and sexual intimacy, finances, and childrearing. Please feel free to share with your counselor any issues that you’d like to address; this will enable us to tailor the sessions to your specific needs. The following questions address many of the important topics that are covered in premarital counseling and the most common challenges that married couples have. What are your feelings, thoughts, and beliefs about marriage? What is (was) your parents’ marriage like? How would you like your marriage to be? Would...