Our Collective Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Wed, 05/06/2020 - 8:00am to 9:00am
Guest Karen Hixson talks with host Paul Roland

 

 

  • As our collective mental health takes a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, let’s gather to discuss how to manage this struggle with harm reduction techniques and radical mental health perspectives in mind.
  • We will consider ways to meet ourselves where we’re at rather than feel pressured to perform productivity & wellness
  • We will discuss ways to ground ourselves in our values and practices of mutual aid to support our collective well-being in this challenging time.

Dr. Karen Hixson , LPC

Karen Hixson has been a mental health counselor in Portland, Oregon since 2002 with a focus on social justice and anti-oppression based perspectives. She has also been organizing with her local mental health comrades in Empathy Riot! since the 2016 election.

Karen will be giving a live-streamed talk on Wednesday, May 6 at 7 p.m. as part of the monthly Rethinking Psychiatry event series. Go here for instructions on how to get the live-stream.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/04/mental-health-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR2YBhgTa8LvYXo48fi0wXmMqoAx10zGCQl5lDBuUDEehbgYZ6aNkUT6D3Q

 

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