COVID Health & Well-Being Resources

MN Mental Health Resources related to COVID-19

Mental Health Support During COVID-19 

Sample informed consent form for resuming in-person services: Psychologists transitioning back to face-to-face services may wish to protect their practice through informed consent. American Psychological Association May 2021

This is a Marathon – Not A Sprint: Strategies to Address Wear & Tear in Helping Professionals during COVID-19 April 2, 2020 

• Learn: Wellbeing and Resilience for Health Professionals(online and self-paced, rolling start dates. Use code: wellbeing to register for free)
• Learn: Wellbeing and Resilience for Physicians(online and self-paced, rolling start dates. Use code: wellbeing to register for free)
• Listen: Mindful Awareness in the Midst of Stressful & Busy Clinical Work– with faculty Lidia Zylowska, MD

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink (2013)

Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology Of Compassion Fatigue And Vicarious Trauma by Babette Rothschild (2006)

Resilience, Balance and Meaning: Supporting our Lives and our Work in High-Stress, Trauma-Exposed Workplaces by Patricia Fisher (2016)

Building Resilient Teams: Facilitating Workplace Wellness & Organizational Health in Trauma-Exposed Environments by Patricia Fisher (2015)

The Compassion Fatigue Workbook: Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization by Françoise Mathieu (2012)

Compassion Fatigue 101 with Françoise Mathieu

Organizational Health in Trauma-Exposed Environments Online Course: Essentials with Dr. Patricia Fisher

Resilience in Trauma-Exposed Work with Dr. Patricia Fisher

Staying Grounded in Stressful Work with Diana Tikasz

COVID-19 Resources for Social Workers and Therapists

What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Variants 1.2021 | Johns Hopkins: School of Public Health

COVID-related help, support, and trainings for helping professionals – developed by Irene Greene

COVID-19 Consultation, support, and training to social service, medical and mental health organizations and agencies – for their leadership teams and staff: Organizational Support – COVID-19 (PDF)

• Self-care and Wellness During COVID-19
• Helping Professionals’ Wellness Groups: Self-Care and Wellness Support Groups During COVID-19 (register and more info)
• Individual and group COVID-19 wellness coaching for helping professionals Telehealth for Helping Professionals COVID GREENE(PDF)
  

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Telehealth Tips for Helping Professionals

Managing Suicidal Clients During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF)

State by State Guide to Telehealth University of Texas “The rules of the pandemic require every person to stay put in one household. The laws of joint custody require the exact opposite.”

Making Meaning & Gratitude

Grief and Finding Meaning Podcast David Kessler and Brené Brown | March 31, 2020

‘The impossible has already happened’: what coronavirus can teach us about hope

“In the midst of fear and isolation, we are learning that profound, positive change is possible.” By Rebecca Solnit T., April 7, 2020 | The Guardian

Hope in the Time of Coronavirus interview with Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer

Recognizing Positive Moments

Gratitude

The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal JOE PINSKER MARCH 26, 2020 | The Atlantic “The coronavirus outbreak may last for a year or two, but some elements of pre-pandemic life will likely be won back in the meantime.”

Caring for Yourself Podcast by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk | March, 26th 2020

“Dr. Bessel van der Kolk shares his thoughts on getting through the Coronavirus epidemic, offering suggestions to ease the stress associated with isolation and feelings of being out of control. To do this, he says there are 4 core areas we need to address.”

We Have Never Done This Before – 5 Trauma Responses in the Time of Corona. By Dr. Dayanara Marte, MPH, DSW | April 6, 2020

We Have Never Done This Before – 5 Trauma Responses in the Time of Corona. By Dayanara Marte April 6, 2020

General Self-Care Tips

Don’t Make Yourself a Project: Why the Pandemic isn’t the time for Self-Improvement.

By Aubree Brown March 27, 2020 | Elephant Journel

Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure

By Aisha S. AhmadMARCH 27, 2020 | The Chronicale Of Higher Education

Is Anyone Else Just Barely Functioning Right Now? By Carolyn L. Todd March 24, 2020 | SELF “Life is strange right now. How you feel is not.”

12 Tips for dealing with COVID-19 & Stress Eating. Lucia Harmeling | April 1, 2020 | ELEPHANTJOURNAL

12 Ways Communities Are Taking Care of Each Other During the Pandemic BY RUTH TERRY APR 7, 2020 | YES! “The efforts range from a Slack chat community connecting people around the world to suggestions about what to do with your stimulus check.”

COVID-19: Resilience Support Toolkit provided by Hamilton Health Sciences

The University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing: Resources

• Prioritizing
• Altruism
• Taking Care of Yourself and Your Loved Ones
• Practice Mindfulness

Video: Wellbeing in a COVID-19 World – webinar with Center Director Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer

• Video:Great White Birds – photography by Center Senior Fellow Craig Blacklock
• Video playlist:Take 5 for Your Health and Wellbeing (Nature Meditation Videos)
• Learn: Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellbeing website
• Learn: Attend our free online health and wellbeing webinars
• Learn: StressBusters free weekly online stress reduction opportunity
• Learn: Mindfulness and Wellbeing
• Article: For Mind and Body, Add Time in Nature to Your Virus Prevention Kit– featuring Dr. Jean Larson

Breathing, Yoga & Meditation

Free Online Meditation Resources for Times of Social Distancing / COVID-19 by THE AWAKE NETWORK

Episode 63: Remembering to Breathe APRIL 09, 2020 | PODCASTThe Science of Happiness “How a doctor stays calm and centered during times of uncertainty, one breath at a time.”

Practice: Metta Meditation with Kazu Haga | Irresistible | Healing Resistance

Healing Ourselves Deep An album of Yoga and Meditation by Serita Colette | Serita Yoga

“In times of upheaval and uncertainty, grounding and settling into what we know to be true within ourselves is essential to our survival. This is part one in a series of practices to help settle your nervous system, quiet your sensory organs, and calm your mind.”

Video: Mindfulness During Challenging Times – webinar with Center Mindfulness and Wellbeing Instructor Mariann Johnson

Fear & Anxiety

Listen: COVID-19 and Anxiety– interview with Dr. Megan Voss

Managing Fear and Anxiety

Three Tips from a Therapist for Calming Your Coronavirus Anxiety BY LINDSEY ANTIN | APRIL 6, 2020 | Greater Good Magazine “We can get a grip on the worries swirling around in our minds.”

Feeling Alone

The Healthyish Guide to Being Alone BY AMANDA SHAPIRO | April 2020

Because we’re all in this together, whether we’re together or apart. 

COVID-19 Got You Feeling Isolated? Here are 4 lessons learned from solitary confinement to get you through it by Elizer Darris | Mar 30, 2020 | MEDIUM

4 Ways to Socialize and Build Community While Stuck at Home

NAOISE O’FAOLÁIN MAR 25, 2020

Managing Isolation

Grief & Loss

Coronavirus Has Upended Our World. It’s OK To Grieve  STEPHANIE O’NEILL | March 26, 2020 | NPR

It’s Time to Talk about Death By Sunita Puri, M.D. March 27, 2020 | The New York Times

Coping with Change and Loss in COVID-19 Times – a new article on the Center’s Taking Charge site

Social Movement & Rights

Know Your Rights During COVID National Lawyers Guild | April 7th, 2020

Coronavirus Is a Historic Trigger Event. Now Is the Time for a Social Movement to Rise BY PAUL ENGLER APR 6, 2020 | YES!

The Revolution Will be Served On a Plate by Sarah White | April 2020 | POLLEN

Resources for Specific Populations

Database of Localized Resources During COVID 19 Outbreak:

• Welcome to this database
• Local Mutual Aid
• National Mutual Aid Support
• Resources/Relief Funds
• Organizing For Specific Demands
• Elder Support
• Healthcare Providers Support
• Trans/Queer Support
• How To/Best Practices
• For Kids/Teens
• Mental Health/Physical Health
• Messaging Support
• From Funders, For Funders

11 Self-Care Tips, According to Expert Queer Healers BY WREN SANDERS | March 18, 2020 |THEM “Through interviews with over a dozen expert queer healers — including traditional psychologists, sex therapists, personal trainers, reiki masters, and hypnotists — we’ve compiled a guide for self-care during these scary times.”

Black MN COVID Responses

MN Mental Health Providers of Color Database created by Larry Yang: MN MH POC

 The World Healing Lab & The People of Color Healing Justice Consortium and Host of the Virtual Healing Justice Retreat Dr. Dayanara Marte 

Facing COVID-19 With Community Instead of Fear BY LORNET TURNBULL MAR 10, 2020 | YES! “Covid19mutualaid, an Instagram account where “regular folks, especially folks of color, immigrants, people with disabilities…” can share information and find community.

TransPeople & Navigating COVID-19: Know your rights Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund

LGBTQ+ Elders
Provider Fact Sheet – LGBTQ Older Adults and COVID-19  PDF Mar 24, 2020 – LGBTQ Older Adults and COVID–19 – What Providers Need to Know. The Healthy Aging Project at GMHC 

MN Substance Abuse Treatment Programs – open during COVID

COVID-19 Recursos para Comunidades Indocumentadas

~ From “Resources for Social Workers”:

~ Serving Immigrant Families

1. Covid19 resources for undocumented communities
2. Immigrant Workers’ Eligibility for Unemployment Insurance Fact Sheet
3. National Immigration Law Center – Update on Access to Health Care for Immigrants and Their Families
4. Protecting Immigrant Families – Factsheet: Know Your Rights, Protect Your Health
5. Protecting Immigrant Families – Talking Points: Coronavirus
6. Resources for Immigrants during the coronavirus crisis

~ Serving Communities with Special Needs

• For adults on the spectrum– how to cope with disrupted personal routines, working from home, and more.
• For people dealing with cancer from the National Foundation for Cancer Research includes a free COVID-19 self-assessment to determine their risk.
• For Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Survivors
• Homeless services for providers
• Medicare Provider Enrollment Relief FAQs
• Promoting Financial Health and Resiliency for People with Disabilities and Their Families by the National Disability Institute; plus key takeaways from its listening sessions.
• Public COVID-19 Resources for the Deaf Community– crowdsourced resource guide.
• Considerations for People Living with HIV and LGBTQIA+ People from the Fenway Institute.
• Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health has resources for children with special health care needs.
• Virtual social resources for seniors – Dorot’s classes through University Without Wallsare for seniors in any location. New York Cares is looking for volunteers including seniors who can assist with some virtual projects, like tutoring children. How to Stay Busy and Useful, While Sheltering in Place During Coronavirus Quarantine.
• C19 Help Squad–MN Resources: C19Help is a community of volunteers who are committed to helping others in need through a system of peer-to-peer, mutual aid. https://www.c19helpsquad.com/mn-resources

Parenting

Parenting During Coronavirus: Opportunities to Reconnect and Decolonize by ANGELA AGUILAR    |   APR 2, 2020 | YES! “Distancing ourselves from an extractive economy and colonial mindset presents an opportunity for parents to reconnect with our children and with the little child inside of us.”

It’s Okay to Be a Different Kind of Parent During the Pandemic by MARY KATHARINE HAM APRIL 8, 2020 |The Atlantic “When something outside your control changes your life, it’s what you do with what you can control that really shapes your children.”How Are Parents Supposed to Deal With Joint Custody Right Now? By DEBORAH COPAKEN APRIL 8, 2020 | The Atlantic

7 Quarantine Playlists to Soothe Your Corona Blues BY AYU SUTRIASA APR 10, 2020| YES!

Compiled by Irene Greene MSED – last updated 4.11.20 | 12.12.21