As much as employees struggled with working from home, many have benefited from more flexibility and autonomy in determining how their work day is structured. For example, employees could take short breaks or a power nap during the day when they felt exhausted, she says. Offering employees the flexibility and tools to navigate their own recovery will definitely go a long way in helping employees protect their mental health as they head back to the office.
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Liv Jones, a licensed professional counselor and art therapist, says her agency in Ohio has nearly doubled its staff over the last year to address the need for mental health care during the coronavirus pandemic.
Yet, even now, there’s still a waitlist for clients who wish to start therapy, she says.
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It was contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus herself that made Maryland psychologist Myrna Frank, PhD, completely transition her practice to telehealth appointments.
On Monday, March 9, the day after Frank returned from the annual American Group Psychotherapy Association meeting in New York, she was seeing clients in her clinic, being careful to avoid touching surfaces and keeping her hands as clean as possible. But that night, the fever, chills, and nausea presented suddenly. I felt incapacitated for 36 hours, Frank told