What’s Missing Between Sessions: Rethinking Caregiver Support in 2025

By Yrenka Lolli-Sunderlin, Behavior Analyst Founder, The Yrenka Method™ | in collaboration with Sunderlin Behavioral Interventions

The Gap That Keeps Caregivers Up at Night

Every week, caregivers walk out of therapy or school meetings with determination in their eyes, and a notebook full of to-dos. Then life happens. The dishes pile up. Someone catches a cold. That “home strategy” handout gets buried under soccer schedules and receipts.

It’s not a lack of love or effort. It’s the friction between knowing and doing, the behavioral gap we rarely design for.

I’ve spent years watching capable, caring families struggle to hold onto the insight from professional sessions once they’re back in the swirl of daily life. And every time, I think the same thing:

“We can do better than this.”

Why Knowledge Alone Isn’t Enough

Traditional caregiver education often relies on dense explanations and quick demonstrations. But information doesn’t equal implementation. Behavior change requires cues, reinforcement, and accessible moments of reflection, especially for parents juggling work, appointments, and sleep deprivation.

The truth is, most caregivers don’t need more training. They need support that meets them where life actually happens: between sessions, in the car line, or after bedtime, when they’re second-guessing themselves.

Exploring a New Kind of Support

That realization is shaping a project I’m developing: CareBridge Copilot™.

It’s not a therapy platform. It’s not a substitute for professional guidance.

It’s an educational concept in early development, a secure, digital coaching companion designed to make behavioral science more usable in everyday life.

Our focus isn’t on automation or diagnosis. It’s on reflection prompts, micro-lessons, and behavior-based reminders that help caregivers apply what they already know with confidence. Built under HIPAA-aligned privacy standards, the goal is to protect dignity while expanding access to clear, evidence-based education.

Listening Before Building

Right now, we’re in the listening stage. We’re reaching out to clinicians, teachers, and family-support professionals to ask simple questions:

• Where do caregivers lose momentum after sessions?

• What would help them feel confident instead of confused?

• How can digital tools support—not replace—human connection?

If we understand those answers deeply, we can design something that complements existing care instead of competing with it.

A Shared Mission

If you work with families, you’ve seen this pattern too: the good intentions, the forgotten strategies, the quiet guilt. You also know the power of small wins — when a parent remembers a skill, uses it, and sees it work.

That’s what we want to amplify. Not with another data sheet, but with clarity at the moment it matters.

If you’d like to share your insights or stay informed as this concept evolves, you can connect at theyrenkamethod.com/contact or follow @theyrenkamethod for updates.

Together, we can make caregiver education less overwhelming, more intuitive, and a little more human.

Legal & Ethical Note

CareBridge Copilot™ is an educational concept under development by The Yrenka Method™ and Sunderlin Behavioral Interventions, Inc. It does not provide therapy, clinical recommendations, or individualized treatment. All content is for educational purposes only and is being developed under HIPAA-aligned privacy and security standards.