Adult children of aging parents

Therapy for Adult Children of Aging Parents

Support for the adult child who has become the planner, translator, emergency contact, and emotional buffer.

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You might be here because

The parent-child role has changed, but the old family role is still there.

You are making decisions you do not feel ready to make.

Safety, driving, home care, medication, assisted living, or memory care may no longer feel theoretical.

You are carrying more than siblings can see.

The calls, forms, appointments, and follow-up may have quietly become yours by default.

Guilt keeps overriding your limits.

You may know you need help and still feel like a bad daughter or son for needing anything to change.

Your own life is getting harder to find.

Work, sleep, marriage, parenting, money, and health can all narrow around care.

How therapy helps

What needs to change, and why changing it feels so difficult.

Sessions can begin with the decision in front of you: safety, housing, sibling conflict, a parent's refusal, or the care that has quietly taken over your life. Therapy also looks at the family role underneath it and why a reasonable limit can feel cruel.

  • Caregiver burnout, resentment, and decision fatigue
  • Sibling conflict around care, money, housing, or power of attorney
  • Boundaries with parents that make sense but feel emotionally impossible
  • Guilt around home care, assisted living, long-term care, or memory care
  • Old family wounds resurfacing during parent care

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Bring the decision with you

Bring the decision, guilt, or family conflict that is keeping you stuck.

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