Caregiver Counseling & Consultation

Caregiver Counseling & Consultation is a Watertown practice that supports people caring for an older adult, along with anyone grieving a loss. The work starts from the view that caregiving can be rewarding and life-changing but also isolating and stressful, and that its emotional and physical demands are often underestimated. Adult children, siblings, partners, friends and neighbors who provide care can find help managing that load while keeping their own sense of self.

Three kinds of support are offered. Counseling covers goal setting, care planning and grief support, in weekly, every-other-week or monthly sessions, or joint sessions that include a family member or the person receiving care. Consultation helps new and longtime caregivers handle changes in a loved one’s health, memory, living situation or finances. Bereavement support helps people integrate grief into daily life and find ways to continue bonds with someone who has died.

What to Know

• The practice also addresses grief tied to serious and life-limiting illnesses such as dementia.
• Support is available at any stage of grief, whether a loss was expected or sudden.
• Bereavement support is offered whether or not the client was the deceased person’s caregiver.
• The practice is listed by the Watertown Business Coalition.