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Some of my clients are requesting for in-person /face-to-face sessions. I am not comfortable with this as the pandemic situation is quite bad in our area. How should I explain this to the client so that I can continue to help them without meeting them in person? Or should I refer them to others who are having sessions in person? What would be the best way to help the client?

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Dr. Devvarta Kumar, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS answered 12 months ago • Other

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A young lady is having severe difficulties due to her family environment and restrictions in movements due to spread of cases in her locality. She has strong urges to run away to another city and stay in the city and stay in the company of a close friend. Despite trying I am not able to help her think pros and cons as she gets very overwhelmed and agitated. I think I am not able to help her and have suggested other sources of help/referral. But she is insisting that I continue to have sessions and calls me repeatedly due to feeling distressed. I am feeling stuck, anxious and helpless. What can I do?

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Dr. Manjula, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS answered 12 months ago • Family conflict

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I received a call from a friend regarding breaking the news about demise of the spouse to an elderly lady who got recently discharged after recovery from COVID. The spouse passed away due to COVID complications one week ago but she was herself in hospital and isolated and hence the family only kept mentioning that the spouse was in ICU but managing. The family is very disturbed and anxious about how to let her know. How do I help in this situation?

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Dr. Poornima Bhola, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS answered 12 months ago • Loss

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COVID-19 has resulted in stress for everyone, counselors included. I am unable to do justice to some of my clients who need more sessions, because of my personal situations but they are not willing to be transferred to someone else. What do I do?

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Dr. Ajit Dahale, Dept. of Psychiatry, NIMHANS answered 12 months ago • Other

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There is a COVID situation that I am facing in the family. While talking to my client about his COVID related anxiety, my personal struggles are surfacing. How much of personal disclosure on this is alright for me to make during my counseling session.?

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Dr. Nithya Poornima, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS answered 12 months ago • Other

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“My client is a 15 years old girl, whose parents got separated when she was 8 years old and now studies in a Residential School. Due to the pandemic situation she is at her father’s home. Both father and mother got married again. Now she has to make a decision about which parent she wants to live with and there is family pressure upon her decision. How do I help her?

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Dr. Ravi Pinjarkar, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS answered 1 year ago • Family conflict

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I have a 16 year old adolescent client who is stuck at home as the school is shut due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. Her parents, especially her father, expect her to study all day, and be productive during this situation. My client is feeling overwhelmed and highly distressed. What do I say to her?

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Dr. Aravind Raj, Dept. of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS answered 1 year ago • Family conflict

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How do I help my client (a 50 year old homemaker) whose daughter is stuck in another city for her job?My client is constantly stressed about her daughter’s health and any COVID related news causes more anxiety. As a counselor, what can I do?

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Dr Sailaxmi Gandhi Dept. of Nursing, NIMHANS answered 1 year ago • Separation from loved ones

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As a counselor, how can I help clients who are having disturbed sleep despite following sleep hygiene measures?

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Dr. Nitin Anand, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS answered 1 year ago • Health worries

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I have a client who has been diagnosed with depression prior to the lockdown. My client was seeking therapy services. However, post lockdown, even though he needs sessions, he is unable to have sessions due to lack of privacy in his house even for telephonic sessions. How should I proceed to best help the client?

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Dr. Poornima Bhola, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS answered 1 year ago • Other

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A client asks a counsellor – “Collective stress because of bad relations with father and no growth in career has deteriorated my thinking abilities. I feel left out as people around me are moving ahead whereas I am still at the same position as 4 years back. I don’t know where to get success from.”

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Dr. Devvarta Kumar, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS answered 1 year ago • Family conflict

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How to address mental health in child care institutions through their caregivers during the COVID 19 pandemic?

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Dr. Aarti Jagannathan, Dept. of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS answered 1 year ago • Other

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A Counselor wants to know how to help a father who says: “My son is suffering from Schizophrenia since 2015. He is 28 years old. He is on medicines. But from two months his conditions became worse. Please suggest for increasing doses of medicines.”

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Dr. Yamini Devendran, Dept. of Psychiatry, NIMHANS answered 1 year ago • Feeling sad and down

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My client’s father has multiple medical problems (unrelated to COVID). The father is admitted to hospital for management of some acute issues. My client is all the time feeling extreme tension, frustration and even anger at the father for not taking care of his health and escalating his health issue. The client feels angry and frustrated as the admission has resulted in need to be in the hospital and running around between home, pharmacy, billing and the ward. This has increased the risk of exposure to COVID. He is very irritable and snapping at everyone and his own blood pressure is also going high. There is hardly anyone else in the family to share caregiver burden, other than the mother at home.

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Dr. Nitin Anand, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS answered 1 year ago • Feeling sad and down, Health worries

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How to support a child of 10 years as he lost his father to an accident in the lockdown.

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Dr. Nithya Poornima, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS answered 1 year ago • Loss

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