You are grieving someone who is still here.
The losses may come in fragments: a repeated question, a changed expression, a moment of recognition that disappears again.
Dementia caregiver therapy
Support for family members living with the impact of dementia, too.
Therapy for adult children, spouses, and family caregivers navigating dementia-related grief, guilt, resentment, burnout, role changes, sibling conflict, and care decisions.
Book a free consultationWhat may be happening
Dementia changes more than memory.
Your role keeps changing.
You may be becoming advocate, translator, driver, financial helper, safety planner, or emotional buffer before you feel ready.
The family may not agree on what is happening.
One person may be alarmed, another may minimize, and another may have opinions without carrying the daily care.
Care decisions can feel like betrayal.
Home care, driving, memory care, and supervision can be practical questions that carry a very personal grief.
The work
Therapy for the emotional reality around dementia care.
This is not medical dementia care, medication guidance, or case management. It is psychotherapy for the family member trying not to lose themselves while a loved one's illness changes the family, the future, and a relationship they thought they knew.
Sessions can help you make room for grief before death, anger that feels disloyal, guilt about limits, and the pressure to become the steady one while you are also scared and tired.
- Anticipatory grief and ambiguous loss
- Caregiver burnout, resentment, numbness, and dread
- Sibling conflict, unequal care load, and family members disagreeing about the changes
- Guilt around supervision, home care, driving, or memory care
- Support for the spouse without the diagnosis who is quietly carrying daily loss
Clinical grounding
Additional training in aging and dementia care.
Geriatric mental health
Olea has additional training in aging, dementia care, and geriatric mental health through CAMH, McGill, and Rush University.
Psychodynamic therapy
The work looks at the current crisis and the older family roles underneath it, not only the practical task list.
Toronto and Ontario
Sessions are available virtually across Ontario and in person at 344 Bloor Street West, Suite 305, in Toronto.
English and Russian
Therapy is available in English and Russian for caregivers, older adults, couples, and families.
Scope
The focus is emotional and relational, not medical.
Dementia often brings medical, legal, financial, and practical decisions. Therapy focuses on what those decisions stir up, the family roles they expose, and the limits that may be needed so one person does not become responsible for everything.
Book a free consultationOne person receives the diagnosis. The emotional impact reaches the whole family.
Start with one conversation