Care first are pleased to welcome Bee Mahimkar from our EAP Partner based in India as a guest speaker for our webinar ‘COVID-19: Breaking the silence – an Indian perspective’ which is being delivered live on Tuesday 11th May at 12pm.
During this session Bee will explore:
- COVID-19- Impact on Indian population
- Social, political & financial issues arising during this crisis
- Locus of control
- Stories we tell ourselves
- How our brain works
- Experiencing Loss
- Coping Strategies
- Accessing help
- What gets in the way of accessing help
- What are the options of help available
COVID-19: India Crisis
Stories of pain, death and loss; India is currently going through a crisis with a lack of medicines, oxygen tanks and hospital beds. Culturally many may feel there is absolutely no social security system, and most people in India have learnt to fend for themselves and their family. Their neurological and psychological perspective is to be silent and continue looking at life as glass half full or glass quarter full perspective and focus on their day to day work and family commitments.
However, with the COVID-19 pandemic the wounds and deep ruptures in the social and economic fabric of the country has brought tears, anguish and numbness.
During this live session Bee aims to bring to life the idea of cognitive flexibility and shift peoples focus towards creating an open safe space for all to explore the numbness they may be feeling within.
Bee will explore an aspect of personality psychology. The reality in India is that many family members may have no control over what happens to their loved ones.
Dealing with Death, Grief and Loss:
Bee will explore how culturally people are dealing with different kinds of grief and how we feel the World has changed for all of us.
To manage the range of grief we need to understand the stages of grief. During this session Bee will explain the Kubler-Ross grief cycle.
Bee will also explore the Psychologist J. W. Worden’s stage-based model for coping with the death of a loved one known as ‘the tasks of grief’, as well as Margaret Stroebe and Hank Schut’s dual process model of bereavement.
Bee will refer to the Stress and Emotional Resilience Cycle and help attendees to consider some positive coping strategies.
How can Care first help?
This session will also provide a reminder of the support available from Care first during what continues to be a challenging and traumatic time for many. If you feel you may need some support, you can contact Care first. Care first is a leading provider of confidential, professional counselling, information and advice services. All employees are eligible to use Care first, our services include; telephone counselling, information services and online support. Call Care first on the Freephone number provided by your organisation and you can speak to a professional in confidence.
If you would like to view the Webinar on ‘COVID-19 Internationally: The India crisis’ this is being delivered live on Tuesday 11th May at 12:00pm (GMT), please use the following link to register for this session –
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9020013377894557456
If you are unable to join the webinar live, a recording of the session can be accessed using the same link above after the webinar has taken place.