Online Therapy for Caregivers in Texas
For the People Holding Everything Together
You showed up for them. Now let's show up for you.
Nobody prepares you for what caregiving actually feels like
You stepped up because someone you love needed you. Maybe it happened gradually, a diagnosis, a decline, a crisis that changed everything overnight. Or maybe you have been carrying this for so long it has started to feel like just how life is.
From the outside you look like you are managing. You coordinate appointments, navigate insurance, make decisions nobody should have to make, and show up every day for someone who needs more than you sometimes feel you have to give.
Inside, you are exhausted in a way that sleep does not fix. You feel guilty for struggling when they are the one who is sick. You wonder when it became okay to disappear from your own life. And more often than you want to admit, you feel completely alone in it.
You might recognize some of this:
Exhaustion that doesn't improve no matter how much you rest
Guilt about your own needs, frustration, or resentment
Feeling like no one around you truly understands what this is like
Grief for the person your loved one used to be, or the life you used to have
Anxiety about what comes next, what you might be missing, what happens if you can't keep going
Losing yourself in the role, not knowing who you are outside of being a caregiver
Putting off your own health, relationships, and needs because there is never enough time
Why caregiving takes such a toll
Caregiving is one of the only roles that asks you to be available around the clock with no job description, no training, and no days off. The medical system is complex and hard to navigate. Resources are limited. And the people around you often do not know how to help even when they want to.
On top of that, caregiving often involves a kind of grief that does not have a name. Grieving someone who is still here. Watching a person change and not knowing how to hold both who they were and who they are now.
I am a licensed clinical social worker with over a decade of experience in acute care hospital settings, working alongside medical teams, patients, and the families navigating some of life's most overwhelming moments. That experience means I understand the medical system from the inside, including how to navigate it when there are no easy answers.
I work with caregivers supporting loved ones with:
Dementia and memory loss
Cancer and serious illness
Stroke and neurological conditions
Chronic illness and long term medical conditions
Serious mental illness including schizophrenia and treatment noncompliance
How therapy can support you as a caregiver
Therapy is not about adding more to your already full plate. It is about creating space to process what you are carrying and building practical tools to help you keep going.
We will work at a pace that feels manageable. Some sessions focus on processing grief, guilt, or exhaustion. Others focus on building coping strategies or working through a specific situation you are navigating. I also use EMDR and Brainspotting where helpful, because caregiving stress and grief often live in the body as much as the mind, and sometimes talking alone is not enough to reach it.
When appropriate I also help clients identify community resources and support systems outside of therapy. Getting basic needs met is part of the healing process, and having someone who knows the system can make a real difference when you feel like you have nowhere to turn.
Therapy for Caregivers can Include:
Process the grief: including anticipatory grief and loss
Manage guilt and resentment: with compassion, not judgment
Build your coping toolkit: practical strategies for hard moments
Care for yourself too: protect your wellbeing while still showing up for others
Navigate the medical system: understand your options and resources
Reconnect with yourself: rediscover who you are beyond caregiving
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Whether you are the primary caregiver or one of several people sharing the responsibility, the emotional weight of caring for a loved one is real regardless of your role. If caregiving is affecting your wellbeing, therapy can help.
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This is one of the most painful and isolating parts of caregiving, especially when a loved one has anosognosia or lacks insight into their own condition. Therapy can help you process the grief and frustration that comes with that, set realistic expectations, and find ways to cope with a situation you cannot control.
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Therapy is not about changing the situation. It is about changing how you are able to move through it. Even when circumstances are fixed, how you respond to them, how you care for yourself within them, and how you process the emotions they bring up can all shift. That is where the real work happens.