Webinar: COVID-19 and The New Normal
Seeing Family and Friends, Traveling, and Addressing Anxiety
June 22, 2021
After more than a year of our lives being restricted due to COVID-19, we are now reaching a collective vaccination status that allows us to return to our pre-COVID routines – or a modified version of it, referred to as the “new normal.” However, this change doesn’t come without challenges.
Mount Sinai providers, Sonya Stokes, MD and psychologist, Molly Sherb, PhD led a webinar to discuss the latest information on the COVID-19 vaccines and variants as well as different ways to overcome the stress and anxiety that accompanies returning to a “new normal,” including:
- Anxiety about returning to social situations and traveling this summer
- How to have difficult conversations with family, friends, and managers about comfort levels of gathering together
- Helping children who are anxious about returning to school after over a year of virtual learning
You can view the recorded webinar below.
Presenters
Molly Sherb, PhD
Molly is a licensed psychologist in the state of New York and has her PhD in counseling psychology. She has experience working with individuals across the lifespan including children, adolescents, and adults. She has worked in a variety of modalities, including but not limited to individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, group therapy and crisis management. More specifically, she has experience in the following areas: anxiety, depression, stress and anger management, coping skills, mindfulness, emotion regulation, social skills, relationship issues, life transitions, family conflict, parenting difficulties, women’s health issues, grief, and identity development.
Sonya Stokes, MD, MPH
Dr. Stokes is an assistant professor at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine in the division of emergency medicine and global health, a fellow at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in the division of biosecurity, and a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations. She specializes in health systems strengthening in low- and middle-income countries, and her research focuses on increasing access to trauma and acute care in resource-limited settings. During the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in New York City, Dr. Stokes was part of the frontline response team treating patients.