Counselling for Caregivers - Individual Therapy

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 Taking care of others shouldn’t mean losing yourself. This 8-week online group therapy program is designed to support adult children caring for aging or ill parents. Together, we’ll explore boundaries, burnout, grief, identity, and resilience—so you can show up with compassion for others without abandoning yourself. A downloadable guided workbook is included. 

 Compassionate Pricing Option 

 I recognize that caregiving often comes with financial strain. To make this program more accessible, I offer the 8 weeks at $100 per 50 minute session. 

• Explore personal identity and how caregiving has shifted your roles.
• Normalize common emotions (guilt, frustration, love, resentment).
• Activity: Identity timeline or caregiving map.

• What healthy boundaries look like in caregiving.
• Identifying areas of over-functioning.
• Practice assertive communication.
• Workbook activity: Personal boundary inventory.

• Recognize signs of burnout and emotional exhaustion.
• Discuss the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue.
• Build a personal energy management plan.

• Process anticipatory grief and ambiguous loss.
• Normalize grief even when loved ones are still alive.
• Reflective journaling prompts on letting go and holding on.

• Unpack internalized expectations and self-judgment.
• Understand the roots of caregiver guilt.
• Group sharing (optional) + guided self-compassion meditation.

• Reconnect with your values, interests, and dreams.
• What parts of yourself feel lost—and which are growing?
• Workbook activity: Rediscovering joy worksheet.

• Barriers to receiving support (internal and external).
• Build a practical support network.
• Practice script writing and role-playing difficult asks.

• Review what’s been learned.
• Develop a sustainable caregiving/life balance plan.
• Closing ritual: Letter to self or vision board exercise.

Included:

• Downloadable guided workbook with weekly prompts, tools, and space for reflection.
• Optional between-session check-ins