Crisis Counseling Available
Anxiety, stress, grief and other depression-like symptoms are common reactions to uncommon situations. If you are experiencing anxiety or other mental health symptoms in the wake of COVID-19, we have therapists available for teletherapy (video sessions) to help you through them. Reach out by phone at (574) 651-8912 or by email at Admin@cornerstonefamilytherapy.org
COVID trauma; It’s not just about the numbers
Other ways you may be affected include:
Cancelling of cherished events, or necessary appointments
Isolation, social or otherwise
Changes in everyday routine or unfamiliar family roles
Fear that every headache, sore throat or random cough means you’ve caught it
Learning how to support your children’s learning in a whole new way
Coping with being a stay-at-home parent, feeling without the tools to do it
Financial stress associated with job loss, higher bills (with family home all day) or maybe even added childcare costs
What hits the hardest, though?
The uncertainty. It’s inescapable; in line at a bare grocery store, on every social media platform, all over the news, through conversation with those around you… It’s not knowing how much grace your utility company will offer. It’s not knowing how long you’ll be out of work, or what the job might look like if you get to go back. It’s not being able to guarantee your protective actions will truly protect your loved ones at risk. It’s not knowing how to feed children all day who are normally fed at school, on a limited budget, or how to help them learn while juggling everything else, and not knowing how long you’ll have to.
What can you do to cope with it?
While there can be beauty seen or lessons learned in even the darkest of times, we are here to support YOU while you and your loved ones navigate this unprecedented time.
If you can’t utilize us, take this time to learn your personal and community resources, identify your support system (and nourish one another), lean on friends and family who may have already been homeschooling, contact billing companies for information on how they’re playing a part in getting through this, take a break from the media, engage in a new, long-lost or ill-engaged hobby, get to know the people, partners or children you live with in a new way, and remind yourself that this, too, shall pass.