Breakdowns in communication are among the top reasons my caregiver/care partner clients have listed when I’ve asked them what motivated them to seek individual counseling with me. In this post, I’ve tried to distill many of the communication issues clients have shared with me into a few, digestible categories. And, even better, I’ve tried to offer strategies for alleviating these communication roadblocks all together.

If you have been a caregiver (care partner) for any length of time, you have probably either experienced or know someone who has experienced compassion fatigue and/or burnout.

You are feeling helpless in the face of the loss your loved one is experiencing. You want to say or do the “right” thing and even more, you want to avoid saying or doing the wrong thing.

The end of a significant relationship, whether due to divorce or a break-up, is among the top life events that bring clients to my office.

If you’re like me, when I first started hearing about Mindfulness, I thought it was basically the same thing as meditation. And to be honest, I always wanted to be good at meditation, but I just couldn’t seem to get past the discomfort and constant mind-wandering that meditation brought up for me.