IMPORTANT MUST READ NOTICE REGARDING UPDATED COVID-19 PROCEDURES.

Sioux Falls Psychological Services and River Counseling Services, continue to monitor the situation surrounding COVID-19.  Provided is an update about the continued efforts we are taking at our offices.  We highly value the health and safety of our clients, our staff, and our families.  PLEASE CLICK “READ MORE” TO REVIEW THE NEW PROCEDURES THAT ARE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

How do we deal with the COVID pandemic, the racial tensions, and the economic challenges that face us right now?  The COVID-19 numbers are rising faster than we had expected across the country.    The fear and anxiety many currently wrestle with is impacting the ability of people to cope with what have otherwise been the normal and routine activities of life.

Strange, weird, scary, uncertain, unprecedented; all words I have heard to describe the current circumstances surrounding COVID-19 around the globe, in our nation, and in our state. I have heard people describe the looks of others as they pass each other in stores; fearful, paranoid, and worried. I have also heard hope in people.

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, an expert in understanding and treating trauma, recently made a short video for therapists to help us address the impact of COVID-19 on the psychological and relational health of us all.  He noted how what we are facing with this pandemic is creating a number of preconditions of trauma that we must attend to in order to maintain our psychological and relational health.