The Ripple Effect: Pandemic Adjustment
The Ripple Effect: Pandemic Adjustment
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of everyone on the planet, impacting wellness in innumerable ways. Wellness professionals need to be aware of the many elements of wellness, as well as gain skills for assessing and treating the complexities of the human mind, body, and spirit. This panel discussion is part of the Circle The Elephant educational series. In this series of events, held quarterly, we will bring together a wide variety of professionals, each discussing wellness from their own unique perspective as a way of presenting a multi-dimensional approach to caring for complex individuals and the interplay of all elements of wellness.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of everyone on the planet, impacting wellness in innumerable ways. Wellness professionals need to be aware of the many elements of wellness, as well as gain skills for assessing and treating the interplay of mind, body, and spirit.
This panel discussion is part of the Circle The Elephant educational series. In this series of events, held quarterly, we will bring together a wide variety of professionals, each discussing wellness from their own unique perspective as a way of presenting a multi-dimensional approach to caring for complex individuals and the interplay of all elements of wellness.
Circle the Elephant is based on the parable of the blind men who were brought in the presence of an animal they had never encountered before. In order to identify and contextualize this strange new creature, they each put their hand upon the animal. The man with his hand on the elephant’s side said, “it is solid like a wall”. The man with his hand on the trunk said, this animal is like a thick snake, while the man with his hand on the ear said the animal was like a large fan. In essence, we each see problems, patients, clients, and other people from our own lens of experience and expertise.
The goal of Circle the Elephant events is to provide a continuing education platform for professionals to gain a deeper understanding of all of the 9 elements of wellness, including physical, environmental, financial, occupational, intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual and behavioral wellness. Through this education opportunity and the development of an integrative community, we are able to network with like-minded professionals and ultimately empower our clients to find balance and healing - mind, body, and spirit.
Learning Objectives
Assess for the presence (or deficits) of the 9 elements of wellness in patients suffering ill-effects following social isolation, financial hardship, and/or physical or mental illness caused by the pandemic
Address deficits in the 9 elements through collaborative treatment planning, goal setting, and appropriate referral
Identify some of the impacts of the global pandemic on couples.
Identify techniques that help mitigate the affects of tech on physical health.
Recognize eating, sleeping, and communicating habits that may signal distress