Caring for someone can change everything
Caregiving may bring love, purpose, pressure, worry, grief, and exhaustion at the same time. You may be coordinating appointments, making difficult decisions, navigating family conflict, juggling work, or feeling guilty for needing time and support yourself.
A place to bring the whole picture
Stress, guilt, and burnout
Talk honestly about the weight of caregiving, including emotions that can be difficult to say out loud.
Changing family relationships
Explore boundaries, communication, shared responsibilities, conflict, and how to ask for the support you need.
Grief and uncertainty
Make room for anticipatory grief, changing roles, and the unknowns that can accompany a loved one's illness or disability.
Lisa's experience
Lisa Bentz, MSW, RCC has more than 30 years of medical social work experience and understands the many ways health changes affect individuals and families. She brings a compassionate, practical perspective to the realities of healthcare, rehabilitation, changing capacity, and caregiving.
What counselling involves
Counselling is a confidential, one-to-one space shaped around your circumstances and goals. You may explore ways to manage anxiety, communicate needs, set boundaries, reconnect with your own values, and create small, sustainable changes. You do not need to wait until you are in crisis to seek support.
Fees and accessibility
Counselling sessions are $165 for 45 minutes, whether in person or by telephone and whether an initial or subsequent appointment. In-person appointments are available at Electra Health in downtown Vancouver. Private telephone appointments are available throughout British Columbia, which can be useful when caregiving makes travel difficult. Contact reception before booking if you have an access question.
Common questions
Do I have to be a full-time caregiver?
No. Caregiving can affect people in many different ways, including those balancing family support with work, parenting, distance, or their own health needs.
Can I use extended health benefits?
Most extended health plans provide coverage for Registered Clinical Counsellors. Please check your individual plan.
Content updated August 6, 2026.