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Parenting Kids with Medical Needs

Parenting Kids with Medical Needs

A 4-session therapist-led support group for parents and caregivers of children with chronic illnesses, disabilities, or complex medical needs. This is a safe, understanding space to share experiences, talk about the emotional and practical load of caregiving, and learn ways to care for yourself while caring for your child.

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Goals of the Group

• Share caregiving experiences in a safe, non-judgmental space.
• Understand the emotional toll of prolonged caregiving and hypervigilance.
• Balance your child’s needs with your own well-being.
• Explore boundaries and small spaces of independence for yourself.
• Find ways to share the load and seek support from others.
• Build resilience and manage feelings of guilt or helplessness.
• Navigate medical systems, schools, and social stigma more effectively.
• Talk to your child about their medical or disability journey.
• Reconnect with meaning, joy, and identity beyond caregiving.

Who is this Group For?

This is a support group for caregivers of kids living with a physical disability or a chronic medical condition in India. Could be a parent, sibling or a relative.

Glimpse of the regime

Session 1: Sharing Our Stories

Theme: Understanding your caregiving journey and its emotional impact.

• Introductions and setting group agreements.
• Reflecting on your journey as a parent or caregiver.
• Exploring feelings of guilt, fear, frustration, and pride.
• Building validation through shared experiences.

Takeaway: Recognizing that you are not alone in your struggles or strengths.

Theme: Caring for your child without losing yourself.

• Identifying signs of burnout and compassion fatigue.
• Exploring small, realistic ways to rest and recharge.
• Understanding boundaries and emotional containment.
• Building self-care habits that fit your caregiving reality.

Takeaway: Simple practices to reduce overwhelm and reclaim small moments of calm.

Theme: Building external and internal support.

• Exploring ways to ask for help from family, friends, or community.
• Discussing accessibility, inclusive education, and healthcare navigation.
• Managing relationships with professionals and family expectations.
• Naming practical challenges and crowd-sourcing ideas for coping.

Takeaway: Tools and insights to make caregiving more sustainable.

Theme: Finding connection and redefining enough.

• Talking to your child about their medical or disability journey.
• Exploring joy, pride, and gratitude amid caregiving stress.
• Reconnecting with your identity beyond caregiving.
• Reflecting on your growth, coping strengths, and next steps.

Takeaway: Renewed clarity, compassion, and community for the road ahead.

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Interested in multiple groups? Access at 60% off

What you get:

  • Unlimited Support Groups – Join any eligible group throughout the year at no extra cost.
  • Exclusive Weekly Series – Join our weekly Women/Men Unfiltered sessions on relationships, career, identity, and mental health.
  • 24 Free Peer Calls – Connect one-on-one with other members for support and shared experiences.
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FAQs

What are SoulUp Groups?

At SoulUp, you'll meet people who get what you're going through and might be living some of the same realities. People looking for extraordinary conversations, just like you.

✔️ Small group, 6-8 people

✔️ Every meeting led by a world-class facilitator

✔️ Weekly 75-minute online video sessions

While the format can vary as per topic, here’s a flow that most sessions follow

Check In. Participants check-in with each others' feelings and answer the prompt given by the facilitator if any.

Conversation. Your facilitator will guide the group through free-flowing conversation coupled with some simple exercises or activities —with the goal of sharing openly, connecting to your emotions and learning specific skills.

Check Out. Participants share what they're taking away from the session.

Confidentiality in Support Groups is maintained using secure meeting links and enabling waiting rooms to control participant access. Participants are bound by mutual confidentiality clause within the group. Also, sessions are not recorded without explicit consent.

Yes, all group sessions are conducted on video via Zoom. While participants are allowed to use pseudonyms - they need to be on video to make the most of the session.

1. After you have registered for the group and you'd like to opt out:
- Full refund if you cancel 30 days before the group start date.
- 50% refund if you cancel 16-30 days before the group start date.
- No refund if you cancel 0-15 days before the group start date.

2. If SoulUp cancels a group, we will refund the entire signup fee.

3. If SoulUp reschedules a group by more than 2 weeks, we will inform you and give you an option to opt out and get a full refund.

4. SoulUp reserves the right to remove participants from a group if found unsuitable to the group. In such cases participants are given the option of claiming the pro-rata amount left as a refund or using it for another service on SoulUp.

You can book 3 Peer calls for FREE as part of signing up for this group.

Please note: This is only available to first-time participants of a SoulUp group (those trying a SoulUp group for the first time).

You can use only 1 type discount while signing up for a group. Cash backs cannot be coupled with discounts either.

SoulUp was founded in Feb 2022 by Punita Mittal and Mahak Maheshwari - a team of IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay with more than 20 years of combined healthcare experience. SoulUp is redefining mental health through groups that are effective, but also fun, social, and challenging.

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