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COVID-19: Program to offer online therapy amid pandemic
By Tsai Ya-hua, Chang Hsuan-che and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
The Taiwan Counseling Psychologist Union is urging its members to provide pro-bono mental health consultation over the Internet to people who are unwilling to meet for in-person sessions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it said on Tuesday.
The union is calling on practicing or licensed psychologists to provide psychological consultations through a union program that starts on June 30.
Since the nation entered a level 3 COVID-19 alert, there has been a spike in people experiencing mental stress, but many are unwilling to seek in-person treatment amid the outbreak, it said.
Communication may help get chores done, group says
TALK IT OUT: Women should clearly communicate their expectation that household chores be divided, instead of keeping negative feelings to themselves, an expert said
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
Better communication might help prevent conflict caused by an uneven distribution of household chores between men and women, the John Tung Foundation said yesterday.
Last year, women took on most of the household responsibilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, the foundation said, citing an article titled “A multicountry perspective on gender differences in time use during COVID-19” in the March edition of the