covid19

Working From Home: Part One

Working From Home: Part One

This is the first post in a 5-part series about how to separate work from home when you work from home. In addition to providing potential explanations for why you might be struggling with this adjustment, this blog series will offer practical suggestions and recommendations for how to address these snags while incorporating tangential commentary and humorous tongue-in-cheek remarks from the writer: Anna Kozitzky, LGPC.

Secure Functioning During COVID-19

Secure Functioning During COVID-19

This post explores how the global pandemic may be impacting three types of couples in particular; engaged couples facing uncertain wedding plans, couples with health anxieties, and couples who are feeling “burnt out” as parents. This post will also describe ways to promote secure functioning amidst this seemingly chaotic and uncertain time.

Relationships in Quarantine

The current pandemic is putting our relationships through strain that we may not have ever experienced before. This post explores the recent challenges faced by couples who are quarantining together during COVID-19, while weaving in the wisdom of Esther Perel, and provides practical tips for strengthening relationships during the pandemic.

The New Norm

The New Norm

The current isolation has done more than minimize the human interactions that we are accustomed to, it has inadvertently created a new set of norms for an entire nation. While the appearances of gloves and masks covering the hands and faces of others may be unsettling, COVID-19 may have unknowingly unsurfaced a variety of feelings within. It is not uncommon to feel confined, lonely, abandoned, afraid or even hyper-vigilant while sick. Perhaps you have experienced all these feelings and others simultaneously. As we navigate our way through this pandemic, remember to be gentle with yourself, you are human after all. This post aims to explore the different elements of “the new normal” during COVID-19, and provide readers with suggestions for coping skills and connection.