ONLINE THERAPY FOR
CAREGIVERS
EXPERTISE + COMPASSION
Virtual Therapy for Caregivers in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia
Virtual Therapy for Caregivers in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
At It’s Not Wednesday, we offer online therapy for caregivers navigating stress, grief, identity changes, and the emotional weight of supporting someone they love. Whether you are caring for a parent, partner, or family member living with dementia, chronic illness, or changing needs, therapy can offer space to process what you are carrying and reconnect with yourself within it.
THE REALITY OF CAREGIVING
Caregiving can be deeply meaningful, but it can also be exhausting in ways that are hard to explain. You may feel pulled between your own life and the needs of someone you love, while carrying guilt, grief, pressure, and responsibility. You find yourself navigating medical systems, making decisions, and trying to keep life functioning while everything is changing — often faster than you’re ready for, and in ways that feel uncomfortable and scary.
With these diseases, dynamics can shift quickly. You may find yourself becoming the decision-maker for a parent or partner which requires you to step into a reversal of roles while trying to navigate a future that feels deeply uncertain.
It can be isolating and deeply unsettling. And at the same time, many caregivers find moments of strength, connection, and meaning they didn’t know were possible.
YOU MAY RECOGNIZE YOURSELF HERE
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+You are juggling multiple roles and rarely feel off duty
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+You carry guilt when you set boundaries or take time for yourself
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+You feel pressure to stay strong, even when you are overwhelmed
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+You have lost touch with parts of yourself outside of caregiving
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+You want support, but do not know where you fit in it all
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+You are grieving changes that are already happening, while still having to function
IN SESSION
How Therapy Can Support Caregivers
Caregiving is not just about helping someone else. It reshapes your life, your roles, and your sense of self. Therapy for caregiving helps you move through this experience with more steadiness, support, and a clearer understanding of what you need.
Sessions focus on slowing things down, creating space, and putting words to the feelings that have been building. The decisions, the tension, the loss, and the glimmers of hope and optimism that can be hard to explain.
There is room to be honest about the parts of caregiving that are complicated and deeply human, including the thoughts and feelings that don’t always feel acceptable to say out loud.
WHAT WE’LL WORK ON
ACT
MAKING SPACE FOR DIFFICULT EMOTIONS
Caregiving often brings emotions you didn't expect. Guilt, grief, anger, fear, even resentment. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you make space for these experiences without letting them define you. The focus is on staying connected to what matters to you, even during uncertainty and change.
DBT
TOOLS FOR EMOTIONAL OVERWHELM AND BURNOUT
Chronic stress can leave your nervous system in a constant state of activation. You might feel more irritable, depleted, or emotionally stretched than you want to be. This may look like reacting quickly, feeling drained by decisions, or struggling to stay grounded in moments that require a lot from you.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) offers practical, structured tools for demanding situations:
+Regulating emotions when your nervous system is stretched thin
+Setting clear boundaries without guilt taking over
+Responding intentionally instead of reacting on autopilot
+Mindfulness that's digestible and realistic. Not another thing on your list
Over time, caregiving and daily life begin to feel more manageable, with space to respond in ways that feel more like you — grounded, intentional, and aligned with who you are.
IFS
UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOU
It's common to feel pulled in different directions.
One part devoted.Another exhausted.Another resentful, or grieving.
Parts-based therapy helps you understand these internal experiences with curiosity rather than judgment, creating more self-compassion and clarity.
EXISTENTIAL THERAPY
FINDING MEANING THROUGH CHANGE
Caregiving and illness can shift how you see yourself and your future. Roles change, plans get disrupted, and you may find yourself questioning what your life looks like now, or what it's allowed to look like moving forward. Existential therapy creates space to explore questions of identity, purpose, and meaning - what feels unfair, what's changed, and what still matters to you.