Services We Provide

CARES Counseling & Consulting provides compassionate, whole-person emotional wellness services across the organ donation and transplant journey.

We support transplant recipients, caregivers and families, donor families, and transplant professionals through counseling, education, training, and consultation.

Guided by Grace, Grounded in CARE.

Counseling & Emotional Support

Transplant Recipients

The transplant journey can bring hope and healing, but it can also bring anxiety, uncertainty, identity changes, relationship stress, survivor’s guilt, and challenges adjusting to life before or after transplant.

Counseling may support:

Anxiety, fear, and uncertainty
Adjustment before and after transplant
Survivor’s guilt or complicated emotions
Changes in identity and independence
Relationship and family concerns
Emotional wellness during recovery
Returning to work and everyday life
Building resilience and healthy coping strategies

Caregivers & Families

Caring for someone experiencing serious illness or transplant can affect the emotional health of the entire family.

Support may include:

Caregiver stress and emotional fatigue
Changing family roles and responsibilities
Communication challenges
Anxiety and uncertainty
Relationship stress
Balancing caregiving with your own needs
Adjustment before and after transplant
Developing healthy boundaries and coping strategies

Caring for someone you love should not mean losing yourself in the process.

Donor Family Counseling & Support

The gift of organ and tissue donation can carry profound meaning while existing alongside deep grief and loss.

CARES Counseling provides compassionate individual and family support for donor families navigating:

Grief and loss
Anxiety, sadness, anger, guilt, or overwhelming emotions
Adjustment following the death of a loved one
Family members grieving differently
Complicated emotions surrounding donation
Anniversaries, holidays, and grief triggers
Finding meaningful ways to honor and remember a loved one
Spiritual or faith-related concerns, when desired

Your loved one, your story, and your grief remain at the center of care.

Faith-integrated counseling is available upon request and is never required.

Individual Support for Transplant Professionals

Professionals working in organ donation and transplantation often carry emotional experiences that do not end when the shift is over.

Confidential individual counseling may support professionals experiencing:

Burnout and emotional exhaustion
Compassion fatigue
Work-related stress
Grief and cumulative loss
Difficulty separating work and home life
Anxiety or emotional overload
Life transitions and personal concerns

Getting Started With Counseling

A free 15-minute consultation is available to help determine whether CARES Counseling & Consulting may be a good fit for you or your family.

Select insurance and EAP options may be available. Self-pay options are also available. Please contact CARES to discuss current availability and payment options.

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Training & Organizational Services

Professional Training & Workshops

Who We Serve

Organ donation and transplant professionals, healthcare teams, leaders, and organizations.

Working in transplant and donation care carries emotional weight that is rarely addressed in traditional professional training. CARES provides practical, engaging workshops designed to strengthen resilience, reduce burnout, improve communication, and support the emotional wellness of professionals who care for others.

Training Topics May Include

Burnout prevention and emotional fatigue
Compassion fatigue and healthy boundaries
Resilience and sustainable self-care
Communication with patients and families
Grief, loss, and cumulative emotional exposure
Stress management and emotional wellness
Team communication and workplace well-being
Empathy, compassion, and emotional boundaries
Meaning, purpose, and emotional sustainability
Faith-informed support when appropriate to the setting

Training Formats

On-site workshops
Virtual trainings
Professional development programs
Staff wellness sessions
Retreats
Conference presentations
Customized organizational training

Consulting & Organizational Support

CARES partners with healthcare and transplant organizations to strengthen emotional wellness at both the individual and systems level.

Consulting support may include:

Emotional wellness assessments
Burnout and compassion-fatigue prevention strategies
Staff support planning
Leadership consultation
Workplace resilience initiatives
Communication and team development
Wellness programming
Support during organizational growth or transition
Customized resources for transplant and donation professionals

Our Approach

CARES Counseling & Consulting combines professional expertise, practical tools, compassion, and lived understanding to support emotional wellness throughout the organ donation and transplant community.

We believe emotional wellness should not be an afterthought. It is an essential part of caring for the people who receive, give, support, and serve throughout this journey.

Because everyone touched by transplant deserves to be cared for, too.

Ready to Connect?

Looking for Counseling or Emotional Support?

Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to learn more about individual or family counseling.