Erin

light blue flyer with dark blue text. The top left corner has an image of two women wearing masks and blue outfits walking towards each other, and the bottom right corner has an image of four people meeting on their laptops and phones for a video conference Pandemic Processing A group therapy space for those navigating the ongoing pandemic When: Wednesdays 5:00-6:30 pm PT (April 9th through June 11th) Thursdays 12:00-1:30pm PT (April 10th through June 12th) (Participants may join one group at a time) Who: California residents still taking COVID precautions in their daily lives looking for support and connection. Facilitated by Olivia Belknap, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT145716) * Under supervision of Lisa Gray (MFT44983) Group details: 10 weekly sessions, held virtually on zoom 90 minutes long Cost: Pay what you can between $25-$75 per session (Paying a higher rate if you’re financially able allows those with fewer resources to participate) Potential topics include: Managing relationships with friends and family, feelings of grief and loss, navigating COVID boundaries, stressors around in person activities, self care strategies, finding meaning and more! Sign up: bit.ly/aprilpandemicprocessing oliviabelknaptherapy.com

Sign ups for my April Pandemic Processing therapy groups are now open to CA residents! Please feel free to share with anyone who may be interested bit.ly/aprilpandemicp…

A yellow background with purple text on the left reading “a new normal: working with COVID and long COVID as mental health professionals” Friday April 11th 2025, 10am-noon PST/ 1-3pm EST via zoom center for chronic illness. On the right is an image of a person with a black t shirt and short dark hair looking at a laptop with a virtual meeting

April 11th, Erin Batali, Lisa Gray and I will be leading a training for mental health professionals through The Center for Chronic Illness! Join us as we discuss working with COVID related issues in your therapy practice thecenterforchronicillness.org/copy-of-ce-ceu…

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One spot left for this group starting Monday!

i’m just so blown away by what LA can do

extremely highly recommend joining if you are in CA and at all interested!!

Neurodivergent Pandemic Processing a group therapy space for those navigating the ongoing pandemic tinyurl.com/NDpandemicgroup Discussion topics can include: navigating being neurodivergent while still COVID-ing, including unique strengths and struggles, exploring possible neurodivergence or self-diagnosis, relationships and communication with loved ones, self-care and community support, stressors of decision-making based on risk levels, solidarity and support a group therapy space forthose navigating the ongoing pandemic this group is for you if: you’re an adult in California who is neurodivergent* or exploring neurodivergence you are still taking COVID precautions in your daily life *self-diagnosis counts, and we consider many “diagnoses” to be part of the neurodivergent umbrella this group is facilitated by: Olivia Belknap, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT145716) and Erin Batali, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT148048) both under the supervision of Lisa Gray (MFT44983) details: 10 weekly sessions on zoom Mondays from 5pm-6:30pm, beginning February 10 $65 per session, some reduced fee spots available

New group alert! If you’re in CA, identify as neurodivergent and are looking for a space to process the ongoing pandemic, @eriin.bsky.social and I will be running this group starting Feburary 10th! Tinyurl.com/NDpandemicgroup

sooo true - my first d&d experience with a safe group of friends is part of why i'm a therapist at all!

Long COVID facts and findings: a large-scale online survey in 74,075 Chinese participants This survey provides valuable insights into long COVID situation among Chinese residents, with 10%–30% (including repeated infection) reporting symptoms. Monitoring at-risk individuals based on identi...

Study: “The COVID-19 group had a significantly higher rates of bacterial infections, influenza virus infections, and mycoplasma infections”

Just like Spanish Flu, Covid is increasing the risk of bacterial infections.

#MycoplasmaPneumonia #Pneumonia #LongCovid

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anyone who follows you/looks at your profile can still see it, but people looking at the hashtag who don’t follow you will see it also :)

definitely got those on my list now!

babel is definitely more intense at times but i loooved it

My clients: ugh

Me:
Is it
Seasonal depression
And/Or
Election results stress
And/Or
Maintaining health during a pandemic w/another one likely starting any second
And/Or
Fear about your future/life & safety
And/Or
Holiday stress
And/Or
Existing in a capitalist dystopia
And/Or…

Plot of covid outcomes by age for A&E attendance, hospital admission, severe hospital admission and death. Apart from death, rates were highest for babies under 6 months.

THREAD: we urgently need to talk about babies & Covid - AGAIN.

A new paper has dropped looking at acute Covid-19 outcomes from Sep 2023-Apr 2024 by age for all England.

Except for deaths, babies under 6 mths old have HIGHEST risk of A&E, admission & SEVERE hospital admission across ALL ages 1/10

me too!! if you want to add i’m @yay_its_erin on there ☺️

I’ve been using StoryGraph for 2ish years. It’s excellent, highly recommend.

the cover of the book “Babel” by RF Kuang

the cover of the book “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel

two recent reads that are very appropriate for this moment (this may or may not be why i gave them both 5 stars but they both made me Feel things and also stare at the wall for a while so what can i do)

@o-bel.bsky.social is here now! 😊

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Frontiers | Female reproductive health impacts of Long COVID and associated illnesses including ME/CFS, POTS, and connective tissue disorders: a literature review Long COVID disproportionately affects premenopausal women, but relatively few studies have examined Long COVID's impact on female reproductive health. We con...

Some of you may know me from Twitter, IRL, or from editing this paper. Hi! ::waves::

I will be transitioning away from Twitter and am excited that this platform exists. Grateful that BlueSky is an option for us all.

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A thread of a collection of therapist directories that have niches & specialties
as alternatives to the larger, problematic ones

(In no particular order-feel free to add to this if you know of one I've missed!)

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#TherapistSky #MentalHealth

i love collecting library cards on libby (many libraries allow non-locals to sign up) including @queerliblib.bsky.social

#TherapistSky

therapists going to therapy this week has felt like that meme about venmoing the same $20 back and forth amongst your friends into eternity.... like, you're having the exact same bad time i'm having, but it's my turn to have a worse time so i can be ready to help other people through theirs tomorrow

If I didn't already have level 1, I would be so there!!

The flawed and outdated Cochrane review on exercise in ME/CFS still hasn't been withdrawn, and continues to harm patients.

thank you!! i'm an associate MFT if you're up for adding more :)

hey elizabeth! i think i might recognize you from my lurking on (theothersite) 👋 glad you're here too!!

therapy degree programs should be the most on top of this, but alas