Self Care for Parents and Family
Parents and caregivers of children with health or medical needs or mental health problems also need special care. It is easy to prioritize your child’s needs, and neglect what you need and desire. Stress, guilt, and sadness can quickly cause burnout if not addressed.
When this happens, parents can develop mental health issues and other health conditions themselves. If not taking care of oneself, you can experience burnout and it can become more difficult to care for your children and to maintain good relationships in your personal life.
You deserve support that fits your life, and we are here to help.
Are You Taking Care of Anyone with Special Needs?
If you are caring for a child with health or medical needs, it is normal to feel lonely and fatigued. The responsibilities of caring for a sick kid can cause you to feel overwhelmed and disconnected with the world around you.
The good news is that you are not alone, and there are ways to relieve these feelings so you can thrive in your role. At Integrative Touch, we care for the caregivers, because you matter too.
Mental Health Problem Among Parents and Caregivers
Our Wellness Team is trained to meet the needs of caregivers.
Some of the most common symptoms of mental health problems among parents and caregivers are:
- Anxiety
- Hypersensitivity
- Frustration
- Self-Doubt
- Pessimism
Taking care of yourself can equip you to avoid burnout and have the capabilities to continue providing the necessary care and support for your child with health or medical needs.
Parents Counseling and Therapy
When a family has a child with mental health problems or a chronic illness, your other children or relationships may feel neglected. Counseling or therapy also help you navigate your busy life and ensure everyone in your family is receiving all the support they need to thrive.
When you are in a good place mentally and physically, that wellness spreads to your partner, your children, and everyone else you are close to. Counseling or therapy can not only help you with your feelings and emotions, but your whole family as well.
It is important for parents and caregivers to understand the needs of all children so they can help them understand what this child with health or medical needs is going through and why they are getting more attention. This can dissolve any potential disconnect between families and reduces stress for all family members while improving well-being.
Integrative Touch Family Therapy
Integrative Touch acknowledges that the families of children with health or medical needs also need special care. We use holistic family therapy that can help struggling families connect with one another on a deeper level and heal the family as a whole unit. This method helps parents and caregivers to heal themselves and provide the best care to their children.
Through integrative therapies the whole family can participate in, support groups from families with medically challenged children, and holistic family counseling, we are here to lend you a helping hand and transform the health and wellness of your family as a whole.
Integrative Therapies Can Be Family Activity
Through dozens of different integrative therapies, we transform the way children with health or medical needs, siblings, parents, and other givers experience healthcare.
With Integrative Touch Therapy, we use a healing framework and hands-on therapeutic approach that allows you and your family to focus on things you most want to heal in your lives at a mind, body, and spirit level. When you experience Integrative Touch Therapy and other healing modalities as a family activity, you can strengthen your communication and understand each other on a deeper level.
Heal together, today!
You Are Not Alone
Being a parent is hard, and being a parent or caregiver to a child with health or medical needs needs can create more stress and anxiety that can quickly lead to burnout and health problems. The Integrative Touch Healing Center offers a wide variety of services that we’ll customize to support you and your family’s health and wellness
When families heal together, they grow together. Schedule your healing now.