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Caregivers often struggle to find time to care for themselves, which is unfortunate, being that stress and burnout are common issues reported by caregivers. If you’re feeling stressed, burnt out, or would like mental health guidance, a licensed therapist can help significantly.

Experienced therapists can help caregivers make time for self-care and prevent resentment toward the people you care for. Whether you are located in downtown Merced, the suburbs of Merced, other nearby places such as Modesto, Ceres, or anywhere else in California, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You Could Use Caregiver Counselling

If you’re still on the fence regarding whether you should seek therapy, we can help. You should connect with a therapist if any of the following apply to you:

  • You feel persistent sadness.
  • You feel isolated or purposely avoid social situations.
  • You are stressed out on a regular basis.
  • You feel utterly exhausted.
  • You often feel anxious or fearful.
  • You experience compassion fatigue or feel apathetic about the people you care for.

If any of the above symptoms resonate with you, you may wish to read this short article: The Caregiver Guide to Self-Care by licensed therapist Miranda Campbell.

Get Help for Caregiver Burnout & Stress Today!

Therapy is an effective way for caregivers to:

  • Handle negative feelings.
  • Identify sources of burnout symptoms.
  • Learn proven methods to promote mental and physical wellness.

And Mental Health Match can help you out by connecting you with a licensed therapist. Find one in a matter of minutes by browsing the experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Lauren Lui
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Help you understand the root of unhelpful patterns, develop self-trust, and release feelings of responsibility for others’ emotions. We work together to explore and challenge unhelpful beliefs, set boundaries, and acknowledge your own needs as valid.


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Help you understand the root of unhelpful patterns, develop self-trust, and release feelings of responsibility for others’ emotions. We work together to explore and challenge unhelpful beliefs, set boundaries, and acknowledge your own needs as valid.

Something to know about my approach is:

Therapy with me is collaborative. We meet overwhelming emotions with curiosity rather than judgment. Together, we work to develop self-compassion and build insight, helping you show up more authentically in your life and effect practical change.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Emotional Caretakers
  • Family Conflict
  • Highly Sensitive People
  • Life Transitions
  • parent/adult child relationships
  • People Pleasing
  • Self Esteem & Confidence Issues
  • Trauma
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Ashley Forrest
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Get you over this mountain! I strive to work as a team to get you moving in the direction you want to go with your life. You are the expert and it's important that you feel seen, heard, and witnessed on your journey.


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Get you over this mountain! I strive to work as a team to get you moving in the direction you want to go with your life. You are the expert and it's important that you feel seen, heard, and witnessed on your journey.

Something to know about my approach is:

I liken therapy to climbing a big mountain. You are wearing the gear and taking the lead, while I'm there to assist you and find different paths you might not be able to see right away. It's also important to have lightness and humor mixed in.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictive behaviors
  • Adjustment to Medical Diagnosis
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Caregiver Stress
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Family pressure
  • Financial Anxiety
  • Generalized Anxiety
  • grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-functioning anxiety
  • Life Transitions
  • medical anxiety
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum
  • Postpartum Anxiety
  • Pregnancy Loss
  • Relationship issues
  • Substance Abuse Education
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Alex Kropf
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Anything that will help you live an enlivened, authentic, expansive, and free life.


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Anything that will help you live an enlivened, authentic, expansive, and free life.

Something to know about my approach is:

I practice from a trauma-informed, sex-positive, queer-affirming, feminist, spiritual, and social justice-oriented standpoint, and I am dedicated to challenging patriarchal-capitalist systems that have oppressed our minds, bodies, and spirit.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Artists & Creative Personalities
  • Attachment Wounds
  • Caregiver Stress
  • Childbirth
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Complex Trauma
  • Creative Expression
  • Developing Secure Attachment
  • Emotional Caretakers
  • End of Life
  • Existential Issues
  • grief
  • Identity
  • Inner Child Work
  • Kink Community
  • Life Transitions
  • Mindfulness meditation and spirituality
  • Motherhood
  • Near Death Experiences
  • Open Relationships
  • palliative & hospice support
  • Parenthood
  • Post hospitalization therapy
  • Postpartum
  • Queer Identity
  • Relationship Exploration and Enhancement
  • Relationships
  • Self-acceptance
  • Self-expression
  • Self-love
  • Self Regulation
  • Sexual Empowerment
  • Sexuality
  • Sexual Pain
  • Sex worker support
  • Spiritual Exploration
  • Symbolic Grief
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Taylor Barragan
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I am a client-centered therapist but I do not sit in silence - I am active and will "be with you" in whatever you bring to therapy. I won't share much about myself, but I promise to be human with you. We will work toward what is most important to you


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I am a client-centered therapist but I do not sit in silence - I am active and will "be with you" in whatever you bring to therapy. I won't share much about myself, but I promise to be human with you. We will work toward what is most important to you

Something to know about my approach is:

I use humor when appropriate and don't assign random "homework" just because in therapy - I do however recommend activities, books, and podcasts for use in between sessions when appropriate and specific to a client's goals.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Burn Out
  • College Students
  • Depression
  • Health Anxiety
  • Healthcare workers
  • High anxiety
  • High-functioning anxiety
  • Nurse Burnout
  • Parenting
  • Persistant Depressive Disorder
  • Postpartum Mood Disorders
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Taylor Barragan remote and phone therapy in California, Florida, Ohio, Oregon
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Esther Ruth Youngman
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address the issues that are causing your conflict and find healthy ways to resolve them.


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Together, we will:

address the issues that are causing your conflict and find healthy ways to resolve them.

Something to know about my approach is:

My approach is collaborative and eclectic. I draw from a variety of therapies to tailor suit your needs.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Artists & Creative Personalities
  • Creatives
  • Entrepreneurial Women
  • Healthcare workers
  • High-functioning anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Life Coaching
  • Stress
  • Tech workers
  • Therapist for other Therapists
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Work stress
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Esther Ruth Youngman remote and phone therapy in California