In the Beginning

Book Title

Pandemic Providers

Author(s)

Charles R. Figley, Tulane University
Lenore E. A. Walker, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Ilene A. Serlin, Independent Practice

ORCID ID

0000-0003-1673-7069

Document Type

Book Chapter

ISBN

978-3-031-27580-7

Publication Date

6-9-2023

Editors

Charles R. Figley, Lenore E.A. Walker, Ilene A. Serlin

Keywords

Trauma, Collective trauma, Existential crisis, Grief Loss, COVID-19, Mental health professionals, Syndemics, Clinical Support Collaborative, Faith communities

Description

[Chapter Abstract] This first chapter provides the meaning and efforts by the Task Force that guided the development of the book, Pandemic Providers. We introduce the almost 100 members of our Task Force here and provide some of the reasons they joined together in their own words. We also asked them to describe how they experienced the pandemic and the impact it had on them. Many also indicated how satisfied they were with their volunteer experience despite the increase in time needed to maintain both their psychology and their personal lives. Not all of those who joined the Task Force joined work groups, nor did they all participate in writing the chapters in section two of the book. Many came on the twice monthly Friday meetings for support and connection. Those who did join the work groups provided insights into the chapters written about them. A summary of the 12 chapters can also be found in this first chapter.

DOI

10.1007/978-3-031-27580-7_1

Publisher

Springer, Cham

First Page

3

Last Page

17

Additional Information

© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Disciplines

Psychology

NSUWorks Citation

Figley, C. R., Walker, L. E., Serlin, I. A. (2023). In the Beginning. Pandemic Providers, 3-17.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facbooks/768

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