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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
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
What happens to eroticism and sex in a time of pandemic? Personally experiencing this vulnerability, in which health and life are at stake, doesn’t seem conducive to making love. The higher level of social, personal (indeed, existential) anxiety might temporarily but effectively suffocate the always delicate erotic spirit. A change
