– By Jazmine Denise
“The patients I see for counseling regularly are already struggling with the idea that they haven’t seen many/most of their family members since last December. Knowing they won’t see any of them for possibly another 6-18 months is really weighing on them emotionally,” explains Erin Wiley, clinical psychotherapist and the Executive Director of The Willow Center, a counseling practice in Toledo, Ohio. “It’s a real grieving process, knowing that you should forfeit seeing loved ones for the greater good of all.”