‘Change is Boundaries Dissolved’: Exploring the Process of Transition

SYNOPSISWhen Jean Clark's marriage ended in 1985 she left behind home and work and moved to another city to build a new counselling practice. For three months she experienced how it felt to be ‘homeless and unemployed’ at the age of 60. In 1988 she gave a talk to a small group of people at the Norwich Centre about what her experiences had taught her about transition—‘the space between in a process of change’. People asked for copies; and to date, some 1,900 booklets have been re-printed. Therapists regularly order copies to give to clients, who often pass them to a friend. This article is a version of the first part of her paper.