Thoughts of a Therapist
Parents, Your Kids are Learning Important Mindfulness and Life Lessons by Wearing A Mask!
There are many reasons why people are refusing to wear masks. Some reasons cited are because people are rebellious by nature, some feel it forfeits their personal freedom, it’s a walking symbol of vulnerability, the messages by government officials regarding...
The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Providing Us with a Mother’s Day to Remember
This is a Mother’s Day we will forever remember. It has been since late March that a majority of us have been sheltering in. Most of us cannot ever remember experiencing such a range of emotions in such a short period of time. The extent of uncertainty and ambiguity...
Thrusting Toward a Growth Mindset During & After the Coronavirus Pandemic
We are all fighting a difficult battle and are unified by our collective suffering. These unrelenting circumstances directly force us to face our fragility, vulnerability, and mortality. The lack of uncertainty and loss of control puts many of us in a perpetual state...
Being a Psychotherapist in the Midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Although I’m not directly on the front lines and working with symptomatic hospitalized Covid-19 patients, I’m treating those who are infected, are symptomatic or asymptomatic and quarantined at home, their family, friends, and others who are indirectly impacted....
A Letter to Our Children in the Throws of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Life as we know it has changed so incredibly much over the past couple of weeks. You lost your freedom to come and go as you please. You lost your fundamental right to go to school and directly interact with your friends. Some of you who are having occasions and...
The Coronavirus: What Are Our Children’s Takeaways?
I have been seeing many adolescents, teens, and young adults in my practice over the duration of this public health crisis and have seen them react in similar ways that I see my adult patients react — minimizing it as nothing at all to worry about by comparing it to...
