Managing Trauma in the Time of COVID-19

The onset of coronavirus around the world has been sudden and overwhelming. In the United States, life as usual became life at its most unusual – lived from inside apartments and houses with minimal personal contact with the outside world.

This drastic disruption in the way we live forced us to quickly adapt to a “new normal” in nearly every facet of daily life: how we work, learn, socialize, exercise, relax, and pray. It’s understandable that with these changes came a grieving for the abrupt loss of our lifestyle, which we had crafted thoughtfully through years based on lived experiences and highly personalized preferences. Nearly all of it is gone. Read Full Article »