When a soldier comes home from war, the return to civilian life can be extremely challenging. It can feel easier to share openly and deeply with fellow soldiers who know the same battlefield experience than with a spouse. Now during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals in hard-hit areas have been compared to warzones. And for some […]
The Same Pandemic, Vastly Different Experiences
While we’re all going through the same pandemic, it’s affecting everybody in very different ways. So below, Thema Bryant-Davis, PhD will get into some of those differences. She’ll also share what to keep in mind when conducting online sessions with clients who are at risk of violence at home, and why some clients from marginalized […]
Working in an NYC Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Most of us haven’t been inside a COVID-19 ward, and it’s hard to fathom what frontline medical workers are experiencing every day. That’s why I want to share this video with Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD with you. Danielle is an attending physician at Bellevue Hospital in New York, and she’s worked with COVID-19 patients at […]
Making Telehealth Work for Clients in a Busy Home – Working with Parents During Quarantine
Even for people fortunate enough to be able to stay safely at home, the pandemic has created a lot of new challenges. Many parents are feeling the strain as they try to homeschool, work from home, keep the house together, and plan activities for increasingly cooped up children. So in the video below, Bonnie Goldstein, […]
COVID-19 Frontliners and Moral Injury
The COVID-19 pandemic has put immense strain on healthcare workers around the world. They’ve had to make impossible decisions, work in unsafe conditions, and often still feel like they didn’t do enough to help. For some frontliners, they will emerge from the pandemic with moral injuries similar to what we see in soldiers who’ve been […]