Empty nest syndrome management counselling in Kenya

Does this sound like you?

• What is Empty Nest Syndrome? It’s not easy for parents. What should they do with the big house and your childhood memories everywhere, but all alone, weak, sickly, and ageing?
• How did your parents react when you informed them that you are moving out of their house or leaving town or country?
• If they were sad but pretended to be okay, is that the empty nest syndrome? If they shed a tear and blessed you, but watched sadly as you boarded the vehicle and left, is that empty nest syndrome?
• When you come to visit, do they insist you sleep over, even for just a night?
• What about them insisting that you have to have a meal with them at home?
• As a parent, have you moved with one of your adult children and left your spouse alone, especially children abroad or in the cities?
• As a parent, have you insisted on a grandchild being allowed to stay with you or a foster parent relative’s children?
• As a parent, do you feel lonely in the big house, walking from room after room praying for your children?
• Do you call your grown-up children almost daily to check if they have had meals according to your schedule?
• How are you feeling about the whole situation as a parent? Do you need to talk to someone about it?
• If this story resonates with your parents’ situation, book them a therapy session; we have vernacular call therapy for them.