Mental health professionals also need healing
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May 18, 2021 13:20 IST
Peer support is helping mental health professionals grapple with personal loss, even as they work to guide the rest of the country through its grief
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Peer support is helping mental health professionals grapple with personal loss, even as they work to guide the rest of the country through its grief
Earlier this month Shalini Anant, an Udaipur-based psychotherapist, posted a message on Facebook in memory of fellow therapist Lovepreen Kaur, who had died after a COVID-19 infection. “You have taken a piece of my heart with you…,” it began emotionally. “She was a friend, a lovely human being, a wonderful therapist, a constant learner. It was so sudden; she was so young just 41,” says Anant over a phone call. She took a break from taking on clients over the next few d