Caring for someone, especially someone that you love, can be both physically and emotionally challenging.  It is therefore often the case that carers need support themselves, in the form of therapy in order to continue to provide care to their loved one without that care having a detrimental impact on their own physical and mental health.

Carers providing 24/7 care are more than twice as likely to have poor health than non-carers. They may be feeling overwhelmed by the responsibilities of caring, or findingthemselves resenting either the task of caring and/or the person that they care for. They may always feel tired, like they need a break. They may often feel like they would like to be doing something different and then feel guilty for thinking this. They may have stopped looking after themselves asthey used to. They may feel anxious or depressed orisolated from others either some of the time or most of the time.75% of carers say it is hard to maintain relationships and social networks because people do not understand the impact that caring has.