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Dortmund Carers Network
We help people with single parenting and a loved one's addiction, in person in Dortmund and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
Empty nest support in Germany
For parents whose children have left home. Talk with people in Germany who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
Next gathering in the Germany circle: Weekly check-in ·
If you need someone right now
Help for empty nest in Germany
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Frankfurt Grief Counselling, Frankfurt
A small team supporting parenting a child with a disability and caregiver burnout. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Evenings and weekends
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Northside Debt Advice, Frankfurt
We help people with co-parenting after separation and caring for an aging parent, in person in Frankfurt and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Mon to Fri, 9 to 5
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Northside Debt Advice, Kiel
Run by people who have been through single parenting and new parenthood themselves.
Evenings and weekends
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Open Door Psychotherapy, Düsseldorf
Practical help for people dealing with caring for an aging parent and new parenthood, plus a weekly drop-in.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
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Paul Therapy Practice
We help people with parenting a child with a disability and a loved one's addiction, in person in Kiel and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Evenings and weekends
ProfessionalLow cost🇩🇪
Thomas Therapy Practice
Run by people who have been through a loved one's addiction and co-parenting after separation themselves.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
From people who came through it
“If you're scared right now, I get it. I've been there. For me it was not that long ago, about a year. Mine was setting the table for four. Today I made breakfast, went to work and laughed at something. It doesn't stay this heavy. x”
roadbee · been through empty nest“Hello from the other side of it. I was right where you are about three years ago. Back then it was my husband and I with nothing to say. I wake up most days without that dread. It comes back slowly, like feeling in your fingers after the cold. Sending love.”
Care worker in Miskolc · been through empty nest“I've been there. For me it was in 2023. Mine was setting the table for four. Now I sleep most nights. It comes back slowly, like feeling in your fingers after the cold. Sending love.”
green.owl · been through empty nest“The quiet is the hardest part at first. I am only a few months ahead of you. For me, the first weeks I just sat and listened to the clock. Then I started going to the charity shop and that gave me a reason to get up. I also walk. Every day. It does not fix it but it helps. Your child will come home and then leave again, and that is okay. You will find a new rhythm. It is slow, but it comes.”
Steady Puffin · been through empty nest