Counseling for Caregivers

Starting to spiral

It’s been both an honor and a significant challenge.

Initially, you had plenty of energy and patience. You were doing well.

However, it’s started to change with increasing frequency after this incident. You fret more, and you’ve lost your rhythm.

You want to offer care with affection and grace, but there is increasing distress and interference. Things are beginning to feel shaky.

The rocks are loose

It’s time to fess up. This caregiving is getting harder, and some resentments are leaking out.

You also must contend with some guilt that has emerged.

How do you take care of yourself in the midst and messiness of the caregiving routine? How do you continue to care for your person and find reserve and hope?

Is there an obvious way forward?

Admit it

You don’t want to feel so alone and sometimes estranged from your person.

It’s odd and unsettling.

Admit that you’re in over your head.

In the end, admitting how you feel may end up being a blessing for others as well. The truth can set you free if you can see it through.

Reaching the other side requires sorting

Sorting out how you feel is not all peaches and roses; it won’t come easy.

Yet some sorting needs to be done – planning, pruning, dreaming, and rearranging.

Working through all of this will take some time, intention, and tenacity – and you can do this.

Find more balance and peace of mind

Coping with stress and isolation is just the beginning of a process of reclamation.

Through our work, you will discover more composure and compassion, and a renewed ability to support your person the way you want to.

Through our work you will develop more insight and be in the position of caring for yourself and your person with increased confidence, clarity, and resourcefulness.

Our work together will stop the downward spiral and cement your ability to provide compassionate care with more self-assurance.

Feel encouraged – this narrative of something better is not a pipe dream.