Family Caregiver Expert Speaker

Family Caregiver Skill Building Workshops

Janet’s workshops for caregivers of people who have brain injuries, dementia, and other progressive conditions combine her own experience as a family caregiver with her professional experience as a Registered Nurse, licensed psychotherapist, and educator.

Janet knows that caregivers need a specific set of skills for each season of the caregiver’s long journey. She teaches new caregivers how to communicate, advocate, find information, and cope with emotions and stress.  Caregivers in the ‘new normal’ stage benefit from prioritizing their own goals while juggling the needs of their loved one.

Janet’s  lively and interactive workshops aim to support and empower caregivers to reduce stress and compassion fatigue while  enhancing health. Each workshop offers new ideas, practical strategies, and time to share experiences. Let Janet customize a workshop for your hospital, support group,  organization, or community health fair.

Popular topics include

• Skills and Strategies for the Caregiver’s Journey- Skills for each season of caregiving from first crisis to ‘new normal’ to end of life care
• The Stress Resilient Caregiver’s Toolbox
• Meditation to Soothe Mind, Body, and Spirit
• When Loss is Part of Everyday Life- Coping with ambiguous loss
• In Your Own Words- Writing for health and healing
• Compassion Fatigue- When caregiving becomes too hard
• New Me, New You-Keep love alive When illness disrupts a marriage
• Rebuilding Relationships after Brain Injury
• Is There Sex after Brain Injury? –Tips for restoring intimacy

Praise for Janet’s Presentations

Janet’s keynote set a wonderful and engaging tone for the day.

Family Member

Janet’s combined experience as a caregiver and as a nurse psychotherapist makes her an expert on adapting strategies for individuals. She can tell you how to make an idea work in your situation.

Family Caregiver

Janet’s workshop was so valuable because she offers specific strategies for those who have been caregivers for several years and face different issues than those new to the role.

Family Caregiver

Janet immediately created a tone of “peerness” by emphasizing that survivors, families, and professionals all had much to teach and learn from each other.

Family Caregiver

Janet’s personal experience as a wife and caregiver was very valuable. I could relate to her struggles and inventiveness in finding solutions.

Family Caregiver

Janet has so much compassion and realism in her speaking style.

Family Caregiver

Janet managed to guide a roomful of stressed-out caregivers through a relaxation experience so effectively that it was one of the best parts of the conference for me.

Family Caregiver

When Janet talks about the health hazards of caregiving and practical strategies to stay sane and healthy, people listen because she’s been a caregiver and has credibility.

Family Caregiver