Therapy for Caretakers
Philadelphia and Beyond
Who is a caretaker?
Those who…
Take care of young people to elders.
Take care of their own children.
Work in a helping or healing profession.
Anyone putting others needs before your own.
There have been seasons of joy and laughter in your life. Sometimes the stormy weather can hide that joy.
Soothing the storms.
Every hour, day, and week you show up and are there for your loved ones. Sometimes your elders,
sometimes your younger kin,
sometimes everyone, all at once.
And you are mentally and emotionally preparing yourself constantly to be that support for them. While also dealing with your own emotions and exhaustion, all at the same time.
You find yourself trying to soothe the storms of anger, grief, or irritation within you.
While trying to find ways to reconnect, laugh, and find balance.
It’s so hard. Hard to be on all the time.
I’m just going to say it - it really sucks.
And that’s an understatement.
The stress, grief, disconnect, and exhaustion are overwhelming at times (or all the time, let’s be real), and you feel lost in how to just feel better.
Oops-too-many glasses of wine.
You’ve tried the self care stuff. The self help books, the podcasts, the bubble baths, the oops-too-many glasses of wine, and the 17 walks with your dog that week to try and get some alone time.
But it’s hard and you feel like something is missing. Something within you, on a deeper level, that needs to be released.
Imagine finally feeling that all this emotional pain from caretaking, got
a-lot-a-bit softer.
You are going about your days as a caretaker with ease, and you are actually feeling more lightness in your day.
And within yourself.
You start tapping into more of YOU, than being a caretaker.
You’re more than a caretaker with a superhero cape, doing all the things for everyone else.
Tapping into other pieces of who you are - is freeing. And deeply healing.
And this deeper healing and freedom is exactly what you get to experience in Talk therapy or Art Therapy.
So what do sessions look like?
We get to chat and talk about what you are going through and everything you’re trying to balance on your plate.
AND we actually get to do something, create something, and experience something that taps into the deeper parts of you that are ready to release and find balance.
I can help guide you to reconnect with YOU, do more than take 1 bubble bath every 23 months for self care, and find more ways to be the amazing caretaker that you are…
…while also getting back your life again, in little and big ways.
Without feeling the guilt.
A heads up: Where are in-nature and in-home sessions held?
In-nature and in-home Eco-Art and Art Therapy sessions are conducted in North West Philadelphia and Wissahickon Park, and within a 5 mile radius of both. Contact me if you live more than 5 miles outside of these areas. Virtual sessions can be held anywhere in Pennsylvania.
