Interventions for Anxiety and Trauma-Related Reactions to Mask-Wearing

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic came the accepted practice of wearing face masks to mitigate the spread of the virus. For some people, mask-wearing causes increased anxiety, feelings of panic, and trauma-related reactions. This presentation addresses psychological symptoms of and interventions for distress related to mask-wearing.

Based on the handout, answer these 2 questions in the essay. ( I’m a graduate student in a mental healing counseling program)

1) I engaged in the following professional learning activity to further my professional learning goals:

2) One lesson I took away from this experience was: