Adjustment Across Different Life Stages: Study of Psychology Challenges and Counselling Approach

Abstract

Adjustment is a necessary process that every individual requires in their life. It helps them to settle down in any situation, in any condition of their life. Working like an equilibrium, it balances out a person’s life, helping them in their growth throughout their life as they become more adaptable and learn to adjust in their life. Every individual goes through these few stages in their life with no exceptions i.e., childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age. They experience different types of challenges in each of the life stages. With the time, they complete their stages going through several transitions developing skills like dealing with peer pressure or family pressure, starting a career, retirement etc. It differs from person to person’s life that how their transitions occur, they may go smoothly or rough with lots of ups and downs, facing different issues (i.e., psychological challenges and others), struggling, seeking help or guidance yet only few of them gets it, others feel stuck. Here counsellor play a pivotal in that person’s life. A counsellor helps an individual in figuring out their issue, getting a better understanding of the problem by counselling them, improving their problem-solving skills as well as logical reasoning that also contributes in overcoming their struggles helping them in their adjustment process.