SUPPORTING CLIENTS IN UNCERTAIN TIMES – working with the anxiety of anticipation, separation and loss in a changeable time. (The pandemic sessions)

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Whether you work with clients online or face to face during the COVID lockdown, the same issues seem to emerge. Clients or staff often say: “What if mum dies while we have the lock down” or “I have no choice in having to implement this vaccination policy with my staff and have to deal with their fears and concerns” ….

This short session will address some of these issues and will discuss how to hold this ambivalent space and respond to so many issues and concerns that don’t have any answers as such. Working with separation anxiety, clients/staff experiencing that they have no choice  and reclaiming one’s ability to choose, and being highly disciplined and conscious of keeping up with self-care are some of the issues that will be presented in this short session to help us through the COVID lockdown.

At the end of this session you will have:

1. Had a chance to reflect on your practice challenges as you support your clients through the COVID lock down and identified your key issues
2. Reviewed some of the practical strategies to work with anticipatory change and separation anxiety
3. Recommit yourself to your self-care strategies that will enable you to supportive others