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Lunch & Learn: Pandemic Wounds: Understanding and Treating COVID-19 Trauma
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, April 20th, 2026 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 1.5 CEs Meets Criteria for Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence CEs | $25.00
The COVID-19 pandemic has left a profound mark on mental health, producing grief, loss, chronic stress, and collective trauma that continues to affect clients worldwide.
This training introduces psychotherapists to the unique psychological and relational impacts of pandemic-related trauma, exploring both individual and systemic dimensions.
Participants will learn how COVID-19 has shaped coping patterns, resilience, and interpersonal dynamics, while considering ethical and culturally sensitive approaches to treatment.
Through case examples, discussion, and reflective exercises, attendees will explore practical strategies to help clients process pandemic-related experiences, manage lingering stress and anxiety, and rebuild connection and meaning. Therapists will leave with tools for recognizing pandemic trauma, fostering resilience, and integrating these insights into everyday clinical practice.
Workshop Objectives:
- Develop an understanding of the psychological, relational, and systemic impacts of COVID-19 trauma.
- Learn practical strategies to support clients in processing pandemic-related grief, stress, and anxiety.
- Identify ways to integrate awareness of pandemic trauma into assessment, treatment planning, and resilience-building interventions.