When a dementia diagnosis touches a family, it can feel overwhelming and isolating. I can help with offering you a place to explore the changes, transitions, and moments of grief that surface throughout the road ahead.
Caring for a family member living with dementia can be deeply meaningful, and deeply challenging. Many care partners feel overwhelmed, isolated, or guilty for needing help. Counselling gives you a place to be supported, too. I offer support for:
Individuals supporting a husband, wife, spouse, life partner, companion, or ex-partner.
Individuals supporting a parent, including young adult care partners.
Individuals supporting a sibling.
Individuals supporting a child.
Individuals supporting an extended family member (e.g., cousin, grandparent) or friend.
Whether you call what you or your family member is experiencing “dementia”, “mild cognitive impairment”, “Alzheimer’s”, or something else, you’ll be met with my utmost care, respect, and deep understanding of how this condition can impact you and your family.
Understanding symptoms and experiences of dementia.
Caregiver stress and burnout.
Anticipatory grief, ambiguous loss, and complicated emotions.
Communication challenges, advocacy, and boundary setting.
Balancing caregiving with your own needs, pain, and other responsibilities.
Making sense of changing roles and relationships.
Exploring advance care planning and planning for your future.
Dementia affects the entire family, not just the person diagnosed. Regardless of your relationship structure, I help support partners and families navigate changing roles, process new realities, define shared responsibilities, navigate the health care system, explore care decisions (now and in the future), and attend to grief, loss, and new changes as a family.
Please connect with me to discuss your partner or family situation. We can explore what counselling together could look like and if my support is what you’re looking for.