Therapy for College Students and Young Adults

Therapy for young adults at Third Street Counseling is led by Elaine Pike, AMFT, and Tallie Gigi, AMFT. The years between late adolescence and settled adulthood are full of big questions and uneven ground. College, first jobs, relationships, leaving home, or wondering whether the path you are on is the right one. It is common for anxiety, depression, or old patterns to surface precisely when the structure around you is changing.

Therapy here is a steady, private place to think out loud about what you want and what is getting in the way. We start with a free consult to understand your situation and match you with the right clinician. Telehealth means you can keep working with the same therapist whether you are on campus, at home, or somewhere in between.

Anxiety is one of the most common reasons young adults come to therapy. The pressure to figure everything out, combined with the reality that the usual answers may not fit, can create a hum of worry that is hard to name. If anxiety is a primary concern, our anxiety therapy page has more detail.

Depression can also surface during this period, often as a flattening of motivation or a sense that nothing is worth the effort. The gap between what you thought you would be doing and where you actually are can be heavy. Our depression therapy page describes how we work with that.

Relationships are often a focus. First serious relationships, breakups, and the question of what you actually want from a partner are all common themes. If couples work is what you need, couples counseling with Brian Stubbs is available.

Life transitions are the defining feature of this stage. Career changes, leaving home, returning home, graduating without a plan: each can bring a mix of excitement and disorientation. Our life transitions therapy page has more on how we work with that terrain.