CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) RESPONSE

• We're providing online (video) and phone counseling sessions at this time. ​If you’d like to meet remotely, just let us know by calling the office at 678-765-9291 before your next session. ​​

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• Video sessions are an effective method to begin or continue serving you in your time of need. We have a simple, easy to use video platform that requires little to no technical skills.

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• Compatible devices include the following:

  • Windows and Apple laptops, desktops, and tablets.

  • Apple and Android phones.

  • All devices must have a camera. 

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• If you are feeling scared or anxious, take a breath. One simple technique is called square breathing. Visualize your breath traveling along a square. As you follow the instructions to inhale, hold your breath, or exhale, count slowly to three on each side. Try it now. Inhale up the first side of the square. Slowly count one, two, three. Hold your breath across the top. One, two, three. Exhale down the other side of the square. One, two, three. Then hold your breath across the bottom. One, two, three. After a few minutes of this you should be feeling calmer and more centered.

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• If you are feeling flooded or panicked, try to notice the environment around you.  Here’s an exercise to try: 5: Acknowledge FIVE things you see around you. It could be a pen, a spot on the ceiling, anything in your surroundings. 4: Acknowledge FOUR things you can touch around you. It could be your hair, a pillow, or the ground under your feet.  3: Acknowledge THREE things you hear. This could be any external sound. If you can hear your belly rumbling that counts! Focus on things you can hear outside of your body. 2: Acknowledge TWO things you can smell. Maybe you are in your office and smell pencil, or maybe you are in your bedroom and smell a pillow. If you need to take a brief walk to find a scent you could smell soap in your bathroom, or nature outside. 1: Acknowledge ONE thing you can taste. What does the inside of your mouth taste like—gum, coffee, or the sandwich from lunch?

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• And finally, if you are feeling scared or worried, do something else.  Move your body: go for a walk, run or bike ride or do some exercise at home.  Find something creative to do: color, knit, or cook something in the kitchen.  Start a new project: start seeds, organize a drawer or cabinet, or call a friend.  Remind yourself of what you can do rather than focusing on what we don’t know or can’t control.