covid19 | Therapy in Los Angeles

WHAT if the PANDEMIC HASN’T MADE US FEEL BAD, BUT WE ALSO DON’T FEEL QUITE RIGHT? – PART 1

June 28, 2021October 29, 2021 chrisjo covid therapy, covid19, pandemic, Therapists covid19

Have these many months of the COVID pandemic left you feeling “somewhat joyless and aimless”? Not quite burned out and without energy. Not quite hopeless, helpless, and trapped – depressed? Even as life in LA County and California is opening up towards something close to “normal”, are you not looking forward to much with excitement or even pleasure? There is a new term for this feeling of “stagnation and emptiness

HOW CAN WE CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS WITH COVID 19?

Over the last six months or so, blogs on this website have focused on the challenges for us all in dealing with the COVID 19 pandemic. My own clinical practice, research and writing in professional journals, as well as general news reports have shown significant increases in anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, substance use/abuse, child abuse and domestic violence.