Frequently Asked Questions

Yes! Students take to video therapy sessions very well. Due to the pandemic and remote-learning, most New York City students now have access to a computer or tablet with internet at home and at school! Home sessions are also great for quick "check-ins" with family and caregivers.

Yes, teachers and staff are also adjusting to "the new not-normal" and returning to school. It is important to provide small and larger group sessions for teachers, counselors, and staff. These sessions allow them to create healthy professional peer connections, share best-practices, address challenges, and provide mental health education and support. 

School, student, family, and school-generated topics: These topics are deliverable as individual or to any of the groups described below. Recent Topics: COVID19-related trauma. Reopening anxiety. Keeping up with online/onsite learning. Separation/reconnecting with peers and teachers. School (re)engagement. Falling behind/ catching up with course work. Parent-teacher engagement and student-teacher relationships. Applying, selecting, preparing for colleges, “Imposter Syndrome” for students of color reaching for higher education, perfectionism, fear of failure, and burn out among high-achieving students and student leaders. Mind and body connection, mood and fitness, body image, weight gain during COVID19. Understanding and coping with death, loss, and grief during COVID19, inter-generational trauma and immigration, police-related fear stress, skin color and personal safety during racial protests (George Floyd) vaccination hesitancy, vaccination resistance, social/general/school-related anxiety, worry, sadness, depression, technology-mediated relationships, building and maintaining social, emotional, physical, and community supports.