As mental health concerns continue to rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s possible that some children’s education might be less affected by lockdowns and quarantines than their overall emotional well-being. An Athens therapist has managed to successfully adapt her unique service to help.
Leigh Ellen Magness, a licensed clinical social worker and registered play therapist, uses a virtual technology similar to the at-home instruction parents and students have become familiar with since last March. What Magness does with it is an extension of the work she’s been doing in Athens for years.
Simple Practice, the telehealth system Mangess uses for online therapy for children ages 2 to 17, allows her to communicate with patients using anything from teddy bears and Legos to Minecraft and Roblox Adopt Me, and it all takes place in a secure chat session covered by most insurance companies at…
