Covid-19 mental health treatment provider and client assessment: Establishing the new normal during Covid-19 epidemic in mental health and counseling. A longitudinal survey and assessment establishing current norms of treatments and attitudes during the Covid-19 pandemic and stagflation. Longitudinal assessment of emergency and measure of effectiveness of Covid-19 specific counseling treatment provided by specializing practitioners to practitioners about emergency response and rehabilitation. Finding and establishing the new and current boundaries, efficacy and focus in mental health counselors and current counseling during the Covid-19 pandemic.

1. FACING THE CHALLENGES OF COVID-19:
MY HEALTH & OUTLOOK ON THE CURRENT STATE
A self-report measure of personal condition.
Please take time to give an honest report of your current feelings about the ongoing global and
community conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic and stagflation. Please make your reports using the
following Likert-scale coding:
Circle 1. to signify “I extremely disagree. Disagree entirely.”
Circle 2. to signify “I somewhat disagree.”
Circle 3. to signify “I disagree with this.”
Circle 4. to signify “Neutral. I do not agree nor disagree with this.”
Circle 5. to signify “I somewhat agree with this.”
Circle 6. to signify “I agree with this.”
Circle 7. to signify “100%. I could not agree more with with this. Agree entirely.”
1. My life has changed dramatically since the beginning of the Covid-19 news breach.
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2. I am struggling in many more ways now since before the headlines of the new corona virus.
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3. I have more difficult clients now than I did before the Covid-19 pandemic.
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4. After the pandemic began, I began noticing that my client’s problems began to “get to me on a
personal level,” and more so than they did before the pandemic.
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5. I am having a hard time adjusting to the new norms of social distancing and stay-at-home
restrictions.
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6. I miss interacting with my clients “in-person.”
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7. I think that telehealth and online meetings for counseling and treatment are less effective than
in-person sessions.
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8. The Covid-19 pandemic is the most catastrophic event that I have ever lived through.
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9. The Covid-19 pandemic has damaged my business relationships.

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10. The Covid-19 pandemic has damaged my personal relationships.
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11. I can recognize that most of my clients talk about Covid-19, or effects of Covid-19 more than
anything else.
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12. My outlook for the Covid-19 epidemic is not good.
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13. My approaches for my treatment sessions have not changed drastically since the Covid-19
pandemic.
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14. I am prepared for the stay-at-home restrictions and social distancing to last quite a long time.
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15. I belief that my clients are prepared for the stay-at-home restrictions and social distancing to
last quite a long time.
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16. I am having a pretty easy time adjusting to the new norms of social distancing and stay-at-home
restrictions.
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© Jacob R. Stotler (2020).