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Just as our parents cared for us when we were infants, many of us find ourselves caring for our elderly parents or loved ones later in life.
As painful as it is, that’s the circle of life.
Some of us may also find ourselves in a caregiving role for children or partners with disabilities or injuries, which can take a toll on our mental health and well being.
Caregiving can present some significant challenges, can be very painful emotionally, and can lead to physical and mental exhaustion.
That’s why, when you’re caregiving for others, it’s so vitally important that you find your own support and care.
You don’t have to do it alone.
We all need support, and especially when so much of our time and energy are spent supporting.
While there is great meaning in having the ability to support a loved one, sometimes the stress can accumulate over time to the point that it has a significant impact on our mental and physical health.
Caregivers can also go through financial instability due to expenses, not accepting promotions, and working less due to continuous care of their loved one.
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, then it’s time to seek help so you can fully evaluate and resolve your situation, restoring a sense of peace, balance, and vitality to your life.
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This constellation of symptoms is sometimes known as “caregiver burnout.”
It’s a state of exhaustion when you bite off more than you can chew by trying to do more, physically, mentally, or even financially, than you are capable of.
To avoid these risks, it’s extremely important to get enough exercise and sleep, know your limits, establish healthy boundaries, practice self-care, and acknowledge how you feel as a caregiver.
For caregiving to be sustainable, it’s vital that you care for yourself as much as you care for your loved one.
Listed below are some factors that can lead to caregiver burnout:
Where does one find the strength to be there for someone while also taking care of themself?
By receiving support from others.
When shouldering so much, we can’t do it alone.
And we don’t have to.
Together, we will find the right balance so you can support yourself and your loved one.
Therapy can successfully improve your life by helping you minimize your anxiety, identifying and changing underlying thought and behavioral patterns that contribute to your struggles, and providing you with strategies to decrease discomfort while restoring an overall sense of peace.
Our evidence-based, scientifically proven interventions are demonstrated by research to be effective in addressing mental health issues commonly faced by caregivers such as anxiety, depression, and burnout.
Learn more about our empirically based therapy modalities by visiting our Methods page.
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I am blown away! I don’t write testimonials, unless I have been extremely moved by something. I was blessed to work with Brooke on a single session, and before this I was in therapy on and off with multiple therapists for the last 20 years of my life. Brooke was able to do more in one session than many years of work with my previous therapist. She has the true gift of great insight and compassion while also getting straight to the heart of your blind spots and unconscious issues in a way that has truly changed my life.
Skyler J.
There are people who are good at their work there are people like Brooke: who are born to do it. I cannot recommend Brooke more highly. I can only imagine where I would be today if I had started working with her years ago. From the beginning of our session, she knew exactly what tools and questions that would work for my particular psychology and my personal experience. No other therapist has been able to do that or anything close.
What I also really appreciate from our session is Brooke's ability to go directly to the source of the issue while also keeping a very gentle and kind energy with me. I felt very seen, understood, and supported. Everything and more that I could have ever asked for from a therapist. I have a severe trauma history and complex issues she was able to immediately identify and help. If she could help me, I know she can help you too.
Taylor E.
You did more in 45 minutes than my last therapist did in a year.
Jamie
With your help, I've finally started to understand that while my vivid imagination often wants to create terrifying monsters under the bed, in a lot of cases those monsters are nothing more than a heap of decidedly less-terrifying laundry I've avoided for too long that just needs to be aired out and put away. Which is definitely a lot easier than monster slaying. Thank you for shedding light in the dark places I was too afraid to face alone.
Morgan B.
I am extremely fortunate to work with Sydney, who is helping me create real internal change. The talent to listen well is Hall of Fame stuff, and she has that. She then follows with questions, strategies that are organic to the moment. I have come to believe that deep, radical, if occasionally deeply painful change ... and, then, healing can happen. I'm just at the lip of that last part - but would not have gotten there, AT ALL, without Sydney
Ric K.
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Catherine H.
Right now, the work is changing my life, sometimes in inches, sometimes in miles.
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