Counselling for carers
Support when caring for someone else leaves little room for you.
You may be caring for a parent, partner, child or someone close to you. You can love them deeply and still feel exhausted, frustrated, worried or overwhelmed.
Blue Oak offers a confidential space to talk about your own needs, without judgement or pressure to have everything worked out. You don’t have to reach breaking point to ask for support.
Stress and exhaustion
Guilt about needing a break
Changing roles and identity
Relationships and boundaries
Grief and uncertainty
Support at your pace
Carer stress and burnout
When your attention is always on someone else’s needs, it can be hard to notice your own limits. You might feel irritable, emotionally flat, isolated or unable to switch off, even when you have a moment to yourself.
We can explore what’s putting pressure on you and what realistic support might look like in your circumstances.
Talk honestly about difficult or conflicting feelings.
Explore boundaries and asking others for help.
Make room for your own identity and relationships.
Work through changes, grief and difficult decisions.
Find manageable ways to rest and reconnect with yourself.
Caring looks different in every family
You might support an ageing parent, a partner living with illness or disability, a child with additional needs, or someone experiencing mental health difficulties.
You may share the caring role, carry most of it yourself, or juggle it alongside work and family. You don’t need to call yourself a carer to seek support.
A conversation at your pace
We’ll begin with what’s happening for you and what you would like help with. You choose what to share, and we’ll talk through confidentiality and its limits before counselling begins.
Blue Oak provides counselling for your emotional wellbeing. We don’t provide respite care, case management, medical advice or a crisis response.
Telehealth counselling is available across Australia. Start with a free 15-minute suitability call to discuss your needs and whether Blue Oak is a suitable fit.
Suitability call
$0 · 15 minutes
Standard session
$150 · 60 minutes
Extended session
$200 · 90 minutes
All fees are in AUD. Current prices and availability are shown in the booking portal. See our Fees & Appointments page and read the payment and cancellation terms provided with your booking.
You care for someone else. There’s room for you here, too.
You don’t need the perfect words. We can start with how things are today.
A free suitability call gives you time to ask questions before deciding on the next step.
Book a free suitability call →
Prefer to talk about booking? Call 1800 498 451.
Blue Oak is not a crisis service. In immediate danger, call 000. For other urgent support options, visit our Urgent Help page.