WORKING IN A PANDEMIC
In March 2020, and the many months that followed, we all faced loss and dramatic change.
In finding new ways to connect and communicate during that time I wrote a blog which served to speak of the process and maintain contact with clients who could no longer attend or access sessions online.
Later, in the summer of 2020, I was fortunate to be able to create an outdoor space which allowed clients, old and new, to come into the therapeutic work in person during the period where meeting indoors was still not possible.
I have kept the blogs and images of the shelter here as a record of that work and time. I suspect there is still much to be learned from our experiences then.
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“A cover is nice but a cover is not the book” (Mary Poppins Returns, 2018). When all else failed, as it did this January, I turned to the musicals to light the gloom. This month it was Mary Poppins. I make no apology, I’m a huge fan. Gallery“A cover is nice but a cover is not the book” (Mary Poppins Returns, 2018). When all else failed, as it did this January, I turned to the musicals to light the gloom. This month it was Mary Poppins. I make no apology, I’m a huge fan.
“A cover is nice but a cover is not the book” (Mary Poppins Returns, 2018). When all else failed, as it did this January, I turned to the musicals to light the gloom. This month it was Mary Poppins. I make no apology, I’m a huge fan.
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