A Counselor Reflecting on Our Covid Year On Uncertainty

As life goes back to normal and the pandemic fades into the background, Kenny, Tihitina, and Will ask Amani Surges Martorella about what has been lost amidst this year of social distancing and lockdowns. Amani is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a counselor at the Johns Hopkins Counseling Center, in addition to being the advisor for A Place to Talk. Drawing on her experience working as counselor, Amani speaks on how creating and sustaining relationships has changed, especially for college students due to the pandemic. We talk about the impact of zoom and using technology to stay connected with each other and if the changes brought forth due to this reliance on technology will stay with us. But we also ask about the possibility it doesn’t and everything returns to normal and what the consequences of that will be. We recorded this podcast back in early February just as the vaccine was being put into arms. But as we return to normal, this conversation will hopefully keep in our minds what we faced this past year. Thank you for joining us this year and learning with us! It has been incredible to have these deep conversations about the world around us.