COVID Counselling

Do you feel stuck and overwhelmed by the seemingly never-ending pandemic and restrictions?  Has it all affected your motivation and mood?

The pandemic – and all that has come with it – has been a real trauma to all of us. Not being able to connect with people, and having anxiety about the air we breathe and the people we meet, has put significant stress on our nervous systems and mental well-being. We cannot process stress in ways we used to.

This is a collective trauma that needs to be worked through in a healthy manner, or else festering issues will come to a head sooner or later. Avoidance, anxiety, depression, grief, workplace issues, PTSD-type symptoms, and other issues can combine and compound in ways that are difficult to unravel and work on.

At Spacious Mind Counselling we have experience in navigating COVID-related issues with our clients. Our therapists have completed training through the Seleni training institute related to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and ways to treat emotional, social, and psychological suffering.

We help people build resilience, process loss and complicated grief, maintain habits and activities they miss, and survive and adjust to the ongoing crisis.

This is not a normal stressful event, of course.  Normal coping skills may be helpful, but not enough so.  In some cases familiar coping skills may make matters worse.  Working with a trained, experienced, understanding therapist can help you avoid a long slide, and help you adapt and thrive instead.

Contact our therapists – based in Guelph and available for online counselling – to schedule a complimentary discussion about what’s on your mind.