In this episode of The Brand Called You, Dr Mary Cleary Lewis, a psychoanalyst specializing in helping parents of disabled children, discusses the complex grief and challenges faced by these parents. She shares her personal experience raising two children with severe autism and how it led her to psychoanalysis. Mary covers the process of mourning dreams for a child's future, the importance of self-care for parents, and strategies for maintaining marriages under stress. She also talks about the financial burdens of care, the need for better support systems, and finding hope and meaning through the journey of parenting disabled children.

About Dr Mary Cleary Lewis

• Dr Mary Cleary Lewis is a psychoanalytically trained psychotherapist.

• She completed postgraduate work in 2020 and was awarded a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

• Mary has been in practice for 14 Years.