Fear, anxiety, worry, panic, helplessness, and hopelessness are common responses to global disasters, including pandemic outbreak. With so much media coverage, confusion may emerge in response to a struggle to grasp the current events and how to react. Much of the media coverage is rightfully focused on maintaining physical health and taking steps to reduce spread and prevent illness. These aspects of precautionary measures are highly necessary; however, attention must also be paid to your emotional and mental health as well. Here at Snowline Counseling, we are taking several steps to increase your safety and contribute to public health efforts to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on our community. Firstly, we are engaging in significant cleaning procedures between client sessions following guidelines set forth by the CDC. We are temporarily removing shared resources at the office that may contribute to the spread of infection, such as tissues, business cards, pillows, and blankets. Additionally, we will refrain from using any fans or other devices that circulate air within the immediate offices.
Please rest assured that we are also continually monitoring the health statuses of our clinicians and limiting social contact in our personal lives to reduce the spread of infection. In accordance with standard company policy, any clinician showing any signs of infection or illness will not attend any in-person sessions. In order to further support community efforts to increase social distancing, we are also offering telehealth sessions to all current and new clients at this time. As per Colorado guidelines, all clients must currently be present in the state of Colorado during all telehealth sessions. We encourage all clients to take advantage of this option at this time to help protect your health and the health of our clinicians and our community. Please reach out as always via phone or email with any questions and concerns. It is extremely important to us that all community members have access to the mental health services that they need and we are committed to providing such services during this especially challenging time.