Challenges to Practice in Light of the Pandemic

This presentation will focus on the challenges and opportunities associated with practicing (and living) during the pandemic. Issues to be addressed include the role of the pandemic in each of our lives personally and professionally and how these may impact our work as clinicians as well as how it impacts our clients. The presenter will also address the role of self-care, resilience, boundaries, and setting limits during these challenging times and positive steps to take to promote effective coping and clinical practice. The role of professional isolation and strategies for combating this, and the personal and clinical challenges associated with shifting from in-person to online practice will be discussed.

• Explain the challenges associated with shifting from an in-person to an online practice.
• Describe how self-care is relevant to online practice.

Jeffrey Barnett, PsyD, ABPP