Today marks the end of the mask mandate in healthcare settings

Is it over?  It's not really over, is it?  What else is going to happen to us now?

I guess we have all learned to be pretty flexible in the world of therapy.  I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing people online, camera on and camera off.  I have appreciated the telephone as a great back up, with audio technology that is less glitchy than the interwebs.  I am so relieved that psychotherapy requires just enough infrastructure for people to have conversations.

That said, we should probably take advantage (while we can?) of being able to be in the same room again, without masks if we choose.  Going forward, my group practice will move forward in a hybrid capacity.  The goal is to take the best from the pandemic, the convenience of telehealth, and integrate it with the pleasure of in-person contact. With the power of the group modality, we can go back and forth, adjusting for conditions, as we have learned to do these last few years.