Caregiver Counseling – Part 2

Caregivers Receiving Counseling

Part 2
When it comes to being a caregiver, in many of these cases the emotional and relational needs of the caregiver can often go overlooked. Having to care for someone else on a full time basis can be so emotionally draining, leaving the individual in question feeling a bit broken.

Caregivers frequently go without their emotional and relational needs being met. Every caregiver’s situation is unique, but whatever issues crop up during counseling, there is a solution for every single one of them.

This is where Caregiving Counseling can be the most beneficial because it can help work through those issues, providing much needed support for both a caregiver’s emotional and relational needs.

It’s also important for caregivers receiving counseling to know what to expect. Counseling will cover the quality of the relationship the caregiver has with their loved one, areas of conflict that might arise because of the stress of providing care for the loved one, and whatever external resources a caregiver might have in place to aid them in what they do.

During counseling, it will be important to set goals for what needs to be accomplished during the sessions. Specifically, it’s necessary to identify both the joys that come with caregiving as well as the burdens of the role. How does one balance these two differing aspects of being a care giver?

More than anything, the purpose of counseling is to help a caregiver deal with some of the old wounds the caregiver might have experienced in the past that are creating issues at the current time. In many case, there is a feeling of inadequacy, that the caregiver isn’t the right person for the responsibility of caring for their loved one.

Whatever concerns or questions you or someone you know have regarding being a caregiver, you can find answers with Sharon Gayle counseling.