Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Virtual Event FREE for Chamber Members!
Karen Shore
Parents and caregivers are stretched so thin right now, trying to keep their business running or be productive employees during a pandemic, all while managing their children's virtual education. This discussion will empower attendees to take on this new challenge, re-frame their thinking about the school year ahead and come out stronger for it. "What Do You Mean It's Not Working?" Virtual Event
Date and Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Location
Fees/Admission
Due to the widespread need for this information, this event is FREE for nonmembers as well with the request for a nominal voluntary donation to our Holly Springs Chamber Foundation Angel Fund if you have the means and are able to do so.
Registration is required. A meeting link will be emailed to you before the event.
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Description
Discussion will focus on changes in self image and sense of competence, loss, and ongoing stress due to the multifaceted impact of the pandemic.
The aim will be:
This will be tied into a discussion about loss and the ways members have been robbed of aspects of the lives they worked hard to create.
Karen Rabins, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker who has been working as a School Social Worker in WCPSS since 2004. She began her career as a psychiatric social worker in the New York City metropolitan area teaching hospitals, in both in-patient and out-patient settings. This gave her the opportunity to understand the full spectrum of mental-health illnesses, as well as the powerful resilience of the human spirit. Before moving to Raleigh in 2001, Karen worked for the NYC Board of Education on several different Educational Assessment Teams. She also worked at New York University Medical Center’s Emergency Department. Her career has afforded her the opportunity to work with people of all ages from diverse backgrounds as they deal with a wide range of medical and psychiatric issues.
Karen has a BS in Early Childhood Education from Cornell University, an MSW from New York University and an MBA in Health Care Administration from CUNY Baruch College and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She has had post-graduate clinical training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Play Therapy, Family Therapy, and various cognitive behavioral techniques.