COVID-19 Responsive Measures

To my community,

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With the health and wellbeing of my clients as my top priority, I have expanded the availability of video and telephone counselling services to my clients.  I'm pleased to offer these services to clients seeking to continue to invest in their mental health especially during these extraordinary times.  Learn more about how I approach video and telephone counselling here.

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This decision is informed by the Ontario Government's mandate to significantly enhance measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19.  I am continuing to follow directives from local health bodies as well as my licensing college to do my part to contain the spread of COVID-19 in my community.
 

The COVID-19 situation naturally can be activating, physically, emotionally and socially. It also creates logistical hurdles and can stir up feelings of fear, anxiousness, confusion, anger and sadness. It is important to show up for ourselves, taking care of our bodies and minds at this time. 

I am taking your health and safety very seriously as well as wishing to support you all in any way that I can during these very challenging conditions for us all. 

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Please be in touch if you would like to have a phone or online session or if this email brings up any thoughts or concerns you wish to share.

Sincerely,

Alex 

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Tips for coping with COVID-19 anxiety

The COVID-19 situation naturally can be activating, physically, emotionally and socially. It also creates logistical hurdles and can stir up feelings of fear, anxiousness, confusion, anger and sadness. It is important to show up for ourselves, taking care of our bodies and minds at this time.

• Remember that being alive is always a state of risk and one that you have been navigating all along. What resources have helped you through difficult times in the past?

• Remind yourself that it is normal to have more difficult feelings than usual and that you are not alone.

• How much information do you find helpful? You may want to limit your intake to specific times of day.

• What types of information do you find helpful? Keeping up to date on all of the different ways community members are panicking may increase your own alarm. You may wish to use trusted sources, such as:

  • City of Toronto

  • Government of Canada 

  • World Health Organization:  

  • How can you remain connected while practicing 'social distancing'? These resources remind us that well cared for, unstressed, socially supported bodies are more resilient:

  • 'Immunity In Community'

  • Consent, care and intimacy during contagion

  • (If you are not sure why 'social distancing' is important you may want to check out the article Why Outbreaks Like Coronavirus Spread Exponentially, and how to "Flatten the Curve." It has great visuals!)