Art Therapy & Support for Caregivers

Because caring for someone you love shouldn't mean disappearing from your own life.

You Give So Much. This Space Is for You.

Caring for someone with Alzheimer's or dementia is one of the most profound and demanding things a person can do. It asks everything of you — your time, your energy, your patience, your grief — often all at once.

Our service exists because you matter too. Not just as a caregiver. As a person.

Art therapy offers you a private, unhurried space that belongs entirely to you — where you don't have to be strong, have the answers, or hold it together. Where what you're carrying has somewhere to go.

Led by Essence Jackson-Jones, LCPC, ATR, CDP — Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Registered Art Therapist, and Certified Dementia Practitioner.

Who This Is For

This service is for adults who are:

  • Caring for a spouse, parent, sibling, or loved one diagnosed with Alzheimer's or dementia

  • Experiencing caregiver burnout, exhaustion, or emotional depletion

  • Navigating grief — including the particular grief of losing someone who is still here

  • Feeling isolated, invisible, or like their own needs have been set aside for too long

  • Looking for a consistent space that is reliably, completely theirs

If you recognized yourself in any of those — you're in the right place.

What You Might Find Here

Caregivers who come to art therapy often experience:

  • Relief from the pressure of having to verbalize everything perfectly

  • A renewed sense of identity outside of their caregiving role

  • Reduced anxiety, emotional exhaustion, and feelings of isolation

  • A consistent space of their own to self-express and connect

  • Permission — to feel what they feel, without guilt

A Note on Ambiguous Loss

Caring for someone with dementia involves a particular kind of grief that is rarely talked about — the grief of losing someone who is still physically present. Watching a person you love change, forget, and slowly become harder to reach is its own form of loss, and it deserves its own space to be acknowledged and processed.

You don't have to earn rest or support. This space is here for you now.