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Online psychotherapy is indeed a mixed bag of increased and decreased intimacy levels between therapist and client(s). There’s plenty of press to read on the subject, so I won’t bother linking to all of them here. I will remain working online for the forseeable future, at least until the first
One of the longer term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be the social re-arrangement of physical proximity and boundaries, and sex. And similar to a new fluid bonding, we must find ways to manage this safety. It’s at a new and very dangerously different level. The new fluid to
We can be fairly clear that there’s been for many a unique test of their erotic and sexual lives during the COVID-19 quarantine. The emphasis on “social distancing” was certainly chilling to the idea of seeking new sexual partners. (The alternative phrase, “safely relating”, never took off as a substitute.)
During these extraordinary and painfully grievous times, the public’s need for quality psychotherapy services is at a high point. However, with the extreme economic pressures so many are facing, the cost of these services could easily be a barrier. “Mental health system” response It’s certainly true that local mental health
It may be helpful to look at the SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of those who professionally assist people with psychological adjustment soon after they experience traumatic and other loss experiences. This mental health intervention is psychological first aid, but don’t think of it as a ‘band-aid’. Psychological
