Loving & Grieving Someone with Dementia

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A 6 week therapy group beginning August 2nd for women in their 20’s, 30’s, & 40’s seeking to express & process the anticipatory grief & day-to-day challenges of loving someone and caring for someone with dementia and brain change. Meets in-person on Saturdays in North Chesterfield, near the Arboretum.

A 6 week therapy group beginning August 2nd for women in their 20’s, 30’s, & 40’s seeking to express & process the anticipatory grief & day-to-day challenges of loving someone and caring for someone with dementia and brain change. Meets in-person on Saturdays in North Chesterfield, near the Arboretum.

Join in community with women of similar experience of loss, stage of life, and desire to connect with others while processing grief related to struggles and stresses of loving someone with dementia.

You may have felt confused about your grief feelings while you loved one is still living. This group will help you and support you to comprehend what’s going on within you during “anticipatory grief” (when someone we love is declining but still alive) and connect with others who understand beyond words. This is a space to turn your attention to your own experience, at least temporarily, to support your life and wellbeing as a whole. Join us to include yourself in your own compassion and your own care.

In our space you receive connection, relevant information, and space to practice and build inner skills relevant to coping with the stressors of loving and caring for someone with dementia. Women who attend are supported to take care of themselves from the inside-out and build functional, self-compassionate, nervous-system supportive wellbeing. In this group, you will gain connection into caring community of women who can understand what you are experiencing and feeling, with whom you can connect and share support long after group is over.

In this women’s grief group, we explore, practice, and process:

  • What is anticipatory grief, and what to do in the midst of it

  • What are secondary losses: non-death losses related to what was, what was expected, and what could or should be

  • Grief models beyond the 5 stage model, and how to consider which model works for your grief & your life in an intentional and actionable way

  • How to hold mortality anxiety & fear of dementia as you bear witness to someone losing their cognitive, emotional, or memory faculties

  • Nuanced mental health aspects of loving & caring for someone with dementia and brain changes

Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Location: In person, in our spacious mountain-grandma chic office in North Chesterfield

Cost: $60 per session

Meets Weekly Starting: Saturday, August 2

Ends: Saturday, September 13 (skips Labor Day weekend)

Begin your registration process by requesting an intake call.

We are sending you a lot of care & hope for soft moments on hard days. We are sending you care and look forward to connecting soon.