What is it about?
The COVID-19 pandemic created international implications for psychological health and well-being. This article applies the principles of existential-humanistic therapy to disaster response, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Why is it important?
COVID-19, like other disasters, has required adaptation of how psychotherapy is offered. This article clarifies psychological issues that need to be considered. Additionally, the article considers modifications that should be made to psychotherapy to adapt to a particular context.
Perspectives
This was an article that I wrote rather quickly after a couple of months of working with mental health professionals in China during the early emerges of COVID-19. It drew heavily from previous work relevant to trauma and disaster work, international psychology, and existential-humanistic psychology.
Dr. Louis Hoffman
Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association
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This page is a summary of: Existential–Humanistic Therapy and Disaster Response: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, June 2020, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0022167820931987.
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