Registrant Spotlight: Mary K. Alvord, PhD

Mary K. Alvord, PhD, National Register member since 1982 and recent presenter for the National Register’s clinical webinar series, has recently been featured in a number of articles to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on clinical psychology practice and on patients—and to contribute expertise beyond the pandemic as well. Dr. Alvord is a psychologist with more than 35 years of clinical experience and is director of Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC in Maryland. She is past president of the APA Division Society for Media Psychology and Technology (2013), and has been active in promoting telehealth in her group practice and through workshops. She recently founded a non-profit, Resilience Across Borders, Inc., with a mission to promote mental health and reduce barriers. She is co-author of Conquer Negative Thinking for Teens, Resilience-Builder Program, and digital recordings on relaxation and wellness.

Read the guidance offered by Dr. Alvord:

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Your Video Therapist Will See You Now:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-video-therapist-will-see-you-now-11587906000

Yes, Teletherapy Is Effective, Here’s What You Need To Know:
https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2020/05/yes-teletherapy-is-effectiveheres-what-you-need-to-know/

Kids Feel Pandemic Stress Too. Here’s How To Help Them Thrive:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/07/11/864540377/kids-feel-pandemic-stress-too-heres-how-to-help-them-thrive

If your kids are acting out, they might just be sad:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/18/health/child-acting-out-sadness-coronavirus-wellness/index.html

Home from college and bumping heads with parents? Here’s how you can get along:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/health/how-to-get-along-with-parents-coronavirus-wellness/index.html

Mental Health Professionals Are Preparing for an Epidemic of Anxiety Around the Coronavirus:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/mental-health-professionals-are-preparing-for-an-epidemic-of-anxiety-around-the-coronavirus/

Positive discipline 101: How to rein in your kids when the pandemic changes the relationship:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/health/how-to-discipline-kids-coronavirus-wellness/index.html

What It’s Like To Be A Therapist During COVID-19:
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/05/9830055/therapist-coroanvirus-pandemic

They already had an anxiety disorder. Now comes a pandemic:
https://apnews.com/e4d1d9775da37ff157f532c66de39042

How to find resilience during the coronavirus pandemic:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/health/coronavirus-social-distancing-resilience-wellness/index.html 

The coronavirus and parenting: A no-school survival guide:
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/coronavirus-parenting-no-school-survival-guide-184216810.html

Let Your Kids Know How Stressed You Are:
https://elemental.medium.com/let-your-kids-know-how-stressed-you-are-9b7bdec45e3

‘The most stressful time ever’: how coronavirus affects children’s mental health:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/17/us-children-mental-health-coronavirus

Coronavirus outbreak: How therapists stay connected to anxious, isolated clients during an uneasy time:
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/coronavirus-therapists-connected-isolated-clients-212908307.html

Telemedicine Explodes to the Forefront Amid COVID-19:
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/articles/telemedicine-explodes-to-the-forefront-amid-covid-19

Home But Not Safe, Some LGBTQ Young People Face Rejection From Families in Lockdown:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/17/856090474/home-but-not-safe-some-lgbtq-young-people-face-rejection-from-families-in-lockdo

Experts say kids’ social skills ‘aren’t going to fall apart’ during a short-term coronavirus lockdown, but it’s unclear what might happen after that:
https://www.insider.com/will-kids-be-developmentally-delayed-from-social-isolation-coronavirus-2020-3

Maintaining Your Mental Health During Coronavirus:
https://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2020-03-24/maintaining-your-mental-health-during-coronavirus

The Coronavirus Seems to Spare Most Kids From Illness, but Its Effect on Their Mental Health Is Deepening:
https://time.com/5870478/children-mental-health-coronavirus/

Teletherapy is finally here to stay:
https://qz.com/1876525/teletherapy-is-finally-here-to-stay/

6 ways to help your child thrive socially in middle school:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/6-ways-to-help-your-child-thrive-socially-in-middle-school/2020/04/13/4dea1e32-7a70-11ea-9bee-c5bf9d2e3288_story.html

The Kids Are Home. You Need to Work. What Do You Do?:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-kids-are-home-you-need-to-work-what-do-you-do-11585144182

More Young Adults Are Suffering From Depression Amid Coronavirus:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-young-adults-are-suffering-from-depression-amid-coronavirus-11597169887

The Requirement of Resilience: How to Lead (and Live) in Times of Crisis:
https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2020/05/29/the-requirement-of-resilience-how-to-lead-and-live-in-times-of-crisis/

How to keep your sanity during the coronavirus pandemic:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/19/how-to-keep-your-sanity-during-the-coronavirus-pan/