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Dementia Counseling

One-On-One Support with Dementia Counseling

Whether you or your loved one has just received their dementia diagnosis or you’ve already begun the dementia journey, one-on-one support is essential. You have questions. You have challenges. You have a whole range of emotions. Tami’s dementia counseling sessions provide you with the personalized support you need to navigate this difficult journey.

With Tami, you have a kind, compassionate counselor who understands your struggles. You have access to tried-and-true dementia counseling strategies. And you have someone who can support you as you move through your dementia journey.

Tami provides:

Caregiver Counseling: Being the care partner for someone with dementia is a marathon, not a sprint. Tami can help you with practical strategies to deal with common dementia challenges, a plan that will accommodate your and your loved one’s future needs, and tools to get the help and support you deserve.

Crisis Counseling: As a dementia caregiver, you have to expect the unexpected. Whether you’re dealing with your loved one’s challenging behaviors, considering placing your loved one in a care community, or having to make difficult decisions regarding your loved one’s health issues, Tami’s flexible schedule can accommodate your needs.

Counseling for People Living with Dementia: A diagnosis of early-onset or early-stage dementia can be devastating. You likely have many questions about what to expect and how to plan for now and for the future. Tami can help you work through your feelings about your diagnosis as well as provide practical advice and guidance for the road ahead.

Counseling for Unresolved Emotional Issues: Residual feelings from your pre-dementia relationship often get triggered once you become a care partner. Tami can help you process the issues that arise when you’re caring for your parent or spouse with dementia, as well as issues from your loved one’s past that might surface during your caregiver journey.

Family & Friends Counseling: Family and friends are an incredible support to those with dementia and their care partners, yet it can be difficult when you’re unsure how to help or when your suggestion to get additional help is declined. Tami can provide effective strategies to counteract a caregiver’s refusal and guidance about how to best offer support.

More-than-Grief Counseling: Dementia is appropriately called “the long goodbye,” and feelings of ambiguous loss and anticipatory grief surface long before your loved one’s passing. Tami can help you process the conflicting emotions that arise when you’re sad or resentful that your future plans have evaporated and your life feels like it’s been turned upside-down.

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Services

Counseling
  • Are you a caregiver dealing with the changes dementia causes? Tami can provide you with the emotional support and care strategies you need.
  • Are you newly diagnosed and in the early stages of dementia? Work with Tami to process this life-altering diagnosis.
  • Are you a caregiver in crisis due to your loved one’s difficult behavior or recent hospitalization? Tami can provide tools and solutions.
  • Are you struggling with feelings of sadness and grief while caring for your loved one? Tami’s deep understanding of ambiguous loss and anticipatory grief will help you cope and prepare for the future.


Tami is a compassionate counselor who understands your frustrations and concerns.

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Online Support Groups
  • Held via Zoom, Tami’s support groups provide a safe and compassionate environment to share your experiences, discover helpful tools, and connect with other caregivers.
  • Dementia caregiver support groups provide guidance for spouses, partners, adult children, friends, and relatives of loved ones with dementia.
  • Coming in September: Early-stage dementia support groups will assist those grappling with a dementia diagnosis plan for the future.
  • Coming in September: Online boot camps for dementia care partners in need of strategies to ease their journeys.


  • Tami’s online support groups empower you to handle the challenges you face.

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    On-Site Services
    • Available for Northern California clients living in the following counties: Santa Clara, San Benito, San Mateo, Monterey, and Santa Cruz.
    • Tami develops a connection with your loved one living with dementia who resides at home or in a care community.
    • Tami creates cognitive and physical stimulation activities tailored to your loved one’s interests and needs. These activities are designed to keep your loved one physically, emotionally, and cognitively engaged.
    • Tami visits your home to provide counseling, whether you're living with dementia or are a dementia caregiver.


    Tami provides your loved one with a sense of purpose and value.

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    What We’re Hearing…

    • Essential Strategies for the Dementia Caregiver will make dementia caregivers feel heard and understood. Infused with compassion and chock-full of advice, Anastasia’s book reassures caregivers that they are not alone, that taking care of themselves is as important as taking care of their loved ones, and that they are appreciated.

      Paula Marks, Vice President of Care Partnerships
    • This is the book every caregiver should have within arm’s reach. Anastasia’s down-to-earth, practical advice provides the support and strategies dementia caregivers need.

      Jim McCabe, Ph.D.
    • Essential Strategies for the Dementia Caregiver is proof that Tami Anastasia is willing to have the hard conversations. Drawing on her decades of experience as a dementia counselor and consultant, Anastasia tackles everything from taking away driving privileges to caregiver resentment. This book provides the roadmap every caregiver needs.

      Vicki Ratner, M.D.
    • Essential Strategies for the Dementia Caregiver is the one book every dementia caregiver needs. Its straightforward approach provides practical solutions to common challenges, while also addressing the nuances of family dynamics, loss, and love.

      Dedra Jize, OT, CSA Geriatric Care Manager
    • At last! Essential Strategies for the Dementia Caregiver provides a game plan for each challenging dementia behavior. Anastasia’s easy-to-follow formula is a gamechanger for dementia caregivers.

      Joan McCreary, CPO® Owner, JMPO
    • Tami Anastasia’s PACE framework – permission, acknowledgment, compassion, empowerment – gives caregivers permission to be human. Anastasia’s own compassion shines through as she delivers advice and action plans designed to ease the caregiver’s burden.

      Maria Nicolacoudis, MA, CEO Hearts & Minds Activity Center
    • Tami Anastasia comes to the rescue of stressed out and burned out caregivers. Essential Strategies for the Dementia Caregiver encourages caregivers to feel their feelings, find workarounds through trial and error, and discover both the joy and sorrow in the caregiving journey.

      Denise Rousset, Publisher, Sentinel Newspapers
    • I’ve had the absolute honor to collaborate with Tami in many capacities over the last year. As one of Care Indeed’s trusted advisors, her guidance and mentorship have been invaluable in helping us create unique support solutions- not only for our senior clients, but the entire family unit. This gentle and holistic approach to her craft is what makes her so special. On a personal level, she has also assisted me immensely with navigating my own father’s journey through Alzheimer’s. Tami is a rare gem, an expert in her field, and passionate about helping her clients.

      Laura Le, Marketing Communications Manager, Care Indeed
    • I have observed Tami’s professionalism, her integrity, her expertise, and her compassion for others, particularly for families of those living with dementia. She gives her ‘all’ to everything she does. She is enthusiastic, positive, effective, and determined to help others in any way possible. I know that Tami is highly respected in the elder care field as an expert in the care of people living with dementia. It is a pleasure to work with Tami, and I highly recommend her to any client in need, as well as elder care professionals striving for the excellence she provides.

      Irene Dockins, Director of Training and Education, ElderConsult Geriatric Medicine
    • I have been fortunate enough to have attended Tami Anastasia’s support group for dementia caregivers for 4+ years. I don’t know what I would have done without Tami’s expert advice, support and compassion. Tami is truly an angel in my eyes, and I would encourage any caregiver that needs help and/or guidance to get in touch with her. With Tami, I never felt like I was in this alone. She is the best and I’m very thankful for her.

      Debbie C., Support Group Participant
    • I have had the pleasure of working with Tami professionally and knowing her personally for several years. I readily recommend her services because I know first hand the levels of compassion, caring, warmth and professional expertise she brings to her clients. The feedback I have received after referring Tami is consistently positive. On a personal note, Tami’s expertise helps me be a better resource to others in the elder care world. To sum it up: Lives are improved when Tami touches them.

      Tina M., Elder Care Professional
    • I found Tami, thankfully, as I was starting to feel overwhelmed with a mom who was showing signs of dementia. No one should go through this experience without having solid support. Tami is an expert on dementia/Alzheimer’s, and is available for major and minor emotional ups and downs. She has helped me tremendously with her knowledge and helpful suggestions. After a couple of years, I have adapted with more humor, kindness and compassion because of this relationship/team I have found with Tami. I will forever be thankful.

      Louise E., Private Client
    • Tami Anastasia is one of the most effective experts in dementia care I have had the pleasure of working with. She is a gifted speaker, trainer and counselor who can help with the most profound and difficult issues with warmth and empathy. Tami’s commitment to everyone she serves is inspirational.

      Maria Nicolacoudis, Executive Director, Hearts & Minds Activity Center
    • In August 2015, I found myself in a position of having to care for both of my parents with dementia. I didn’t know anything about the disease and I felt helpless and hopeless. After attending Tami’s support groups and working with her privately, things got much better. Meeting Tami has been one of the greatest blessings in my life. Tami has a way of knowing the right answer for any problem. Her advice and connections have helped me in many ways. She is uplifting and encouraging. I honestly don’t know how I would have made it through these very difficult years of my life without her in it.

      Judy B., Private Client
    • Tami masterfully focuses on the family caregiver’s journey. She lifts burdens from family members’ shoulders through education, empowerment, empathy and heartening 1:1 sessions. She teaches spouses and adult children how to deal with conflicting emotions involved in supporting loved ones in cognitive decline. She empowers with practical, actionable advice on the specific disease itself, how to take care of yourself as a caregiver, deal with challenging behaviors of your loved one, and how to deal with the guilt inherent in the family caregiver role.

      Randee Smith, President, Autumn Transitions, Inc.
    • I initially met Tami in one of the dementia support groups I attended and then worked with her privately. My mom had Alzheimer’s and Tami was extremely knowledgeable and empathetic. She provided me with techniques on how to handle my issues and challenges surrounding my mom’s dementia. Tami’s guidance and experience helped me get through this sad and difficult time. I highly recommend Tami to work with you as you confront serious issues with your loved one’s care.

      Christy B., Private Client
    • Tami masterfully focuses on the family caregiver’s journey. She lifts burdens from family members’ shoulders through education, empowerment, empathy and heartening 1:1 sessions. She teaches spouses and adult children how to deal with conflicting emotions involved in supporting loved ones in cognitive decline. She empowers with practical, actionable advice on the specific disease itself, how to take care of yourself as a caregiver, deal with challenging behaviors of your loved one, and how to deal with the guilt inherent in the family caregiver role.

      Randee Smith, President, Autumn Transitions, Inc.
    • What a fabulous, enthusiastic, optimistic presenter – Thank you!

      J.O., Workshop Attendee
    • I’ve been working with Tami a few years and I know her to be a conscientious professional and a local expert when it comes to the affairs of dementia.  She has a bedside manner and compassion that help her resonate with family members as well as the affected seniors.  I’ve relied on her advice and consultation many times with my most challenging client situations, and I hear consistently good feedback from those I refer to her.  I don’t hesitate to endorse Tami as one of the leaders in her field and a valuable resource in this daunting arena of family and caregiver dynamics.

      Mike Scoggin, Senior Living Advisor, Oasis Senior Advisors
    • I initially met Tami in one of the dementia support groups I attended and then worked with her privately. My mom had Alzheimer’s and Tami was extremely knowledgeable and empathetic. She provided me with techniques on how to handle my issues and challenges surrounding my mom’s dementia. Tami’s guidance and experience helped me get through this sad and difficult time. I highly recommend Tami to work with you as you confront serious issues with your loved one’s care.

      Christy B., Private Client
    • I initially met Tami in one of the dementia support groups I attended and then worked with her privately. My mom had Alzheimer’s and Tami was extremely knowledgeable and empathetic. She provided me with techniques on how to handle my issues and challenges surrounding my mom’s dementia. Tami’s guidance and experience helped me get through this sad and difficult time.

      Tami has been an invaluable support for me and my family during many trying times. I have always appreciated her warmth, empathy, candor and clear directions when they are greatly needed, especially at times when things have been very stressful and tough. I highly recommend Tami to work with you as you confront serious issues with your loved one’s care.

      Christy B., Private Client
    • Tami Anastasia is one of the most effective experts in dementia care I have had the pleasure of working with. She is a gifted speaker, trainer and counselor who can help with the most profound and difficult issues with warmth and empathy. Tami’s commitment to everyone she serves is inspirational.

      Maria Nicolacoudis, Executive Director, Hearts & Minds Activity Center
    • In my role as an eldercare consultant and professional Geriatric Care Manager, I’m responsible for providing resources to enhance the quality of life of the clients I serve so they may live their best lives.

      For the past 6 years, I’ve been hiring Tami Anastasia to counsel and educate various clients’ family members when they become overwhelmed by the changes in their loved ones’ personalities and behavior resulting from a dementia diagnosis. Every person who has worked with her has increased their understanding of the disease and been able to look at their own emotions and behaviors with greater compassion and clarity.

      Tami masterfully focuses on the family caregiver’s journey. She lifts burdens from family members’ shoulders through education, empowerment, empathy and heartening 1:1 sessions. She teaches spouses and adult children how to deal with conflicting emotions involved in supporting loved ones in cognitive decline. She empowers with practical, actionable advice on the specific disease itself, how to take care of yourself as a caregiver, deal with challenging behaviors of your loved one, and how to deal with the guilt inherent in the family caregiver role.

      Randee Smith, President, Autumn Transitions, Inc.
    • As a member of Tami’s dementia support group, I can say that she is an absolutely superb facilitator. She makes sure everyone has a chance to speak and allows the group to respond to a member’s concern before giving her own advice, When she does, Tami has a wealth of information, and her advice is spot-on. Privately, she assisted me with finding a resource. Tami makes herself readily available for anyone seeking help.

      Nancy R., Support Group Participant
    • For the past 4 years I have attended support groups which Tami has hosted. Her expert advice has helped me immensely in caring for my husband with dementia. Tami is very compassionate, caring, knowledgeable, and patient with caregivers. She listens carefully and remembers what each of us are experiencing. Her calm demeanor makes it very easy to communicate with her on a regular basis.  Personally, my experience with Tami receives a very high rating, and I look forward to keeping in touch through her website.

      Jerry L., Support Group Participant
    • In August 2015, I found myself in a position of having to care for both of my parents with dementia. I didn’t know anything about the disease and I felt helpless and hopeless. After attending Tami’s support groups and working with her privately, things got much better. Meeting Tami has been one of the greatest blessings in my life. Tami has a way of knowing the right answer for any problem. Her advice and connections have helped me in many ways. She is uplifting and encouraging. I honestly don’t know how I would have made it through these very difficult years of my life without her in it.

      Judy B., Private Client
    • I’ve had the pleasure of working with Tami Anastasia for over eight years. She is a highly respected resource in the senior industry and ready to help all families successfully navigate the process of caring for a loved one or friend with dementia. Tami is compassionate, empathetic and willing to listen. Being a true problem solver and someone who is willing and able to see other points of view is one of her many talents. She is also a stellar support group facilitator who creates a safe environment while providing easy to implement tactics. Whenever I refer professional or personal contacts I’m confident Tami will provide the right solution.

      Leslie Kefer, Director of Business Development, 
Home Instead Senior Care
    • I have had the pleasure of working with Tami for the past 9 years. She has presented at several of our ElderConsult Geriatric Medicine Dementia Conferences, conducted our Monthly Dementia Workshops for two years both live and now virtual, and is providing virtual counseling services through our website. I have sat in on several of her Alzheimer’s Support Group meetings and worked with her on numerous projects.

      In that time, I have observed her professionalism, her integrity, her expertise, and her compassion for others, particularly for families of those living with dementia. She gives her ‘all’ to everything she does. She is enthusiastic, positive, effective, and determined to help others in any way possible.

      I know that Tami is highly respected in the elder care field as an expert in the care of people living with dementia. It is a pleasure to work with Tami, and I highly recommend her to any client in need, as well as elder care professionals striving for the excellence she provides.

      Irene Dockins, Director of Training and Education, ElderConsult Geriatric Medicine
    • I have had the pleasure of working with Tami professionally and knowing her personally for several years. I readily recommend her services because I know first hand the levels of compassion, caring, warmth and professional expertise she brings to her clients.  The feedback I have received after referring Tami is consistently positive. On a personal note, Tami’s expertise helps me be a better resource to others in the elder care world. To sum it up: Lives are improved when Tami touches them.

      Tina M., Elder Care Professional
    • I found Tami, thankfully, as I was starting to feel overwhelmed with a mom who was showing signs of dementia. No one should go through this experience without having solid support. Tami is an expert on dementia/Alzheimer’s, and is available for major and minor emotional ups and downs. She has helped me tremendously with her knowledge and helpful suggestions. After a couple of years, I have adapted with more humor, kindness and compassion because of this relationship/team I have found with Tami. I will forever be thankful.

      Louise E., Private Client
    • Tami’s wisdom, compassion, and knowledge literally saved my life when I was taking care of my wife with Dementia.

      Bob D., Private Client

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