--- title: Letter to Psychotherapy Clients Regarding Coronavirus Adjustments description: Update on virtual appointments with Joanna Poppink during corona era. canonical_url: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/letter-to-psychotherapy-clients-re-caroravirus-adjustments language: en-GB date: 2025-12-12T05:09:47Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/letter-to-psychotherapy-clients-re-caroravirus-adjustments. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 1664 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work/letter-to-psychotherapy-clients-re-caroravirus-adjustments. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Structured data** as JSON-LD may be found at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ![view from garden couch red umbrellaIMG 3875](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/view_from_garden_couch_red_umbrellaIMG_3875.jpg)*View from garden couch* As of early March my private psychotherapy practice, case consultations, dream analysis and now also corona adjustment issues are all virtual appointments. I use Doxy.me for my virtual appointments. Note: Since I offer my services online now, anyone in the state of California can schedule a psychotherapy appointment. For limited dream analysis sessions or corona adjustment support - not psychotherapy, there is no geographic limitation. I still offer a free telephone consultation for someone considering entering my practice or working with me in another capacity. The best way to contact me is by e-mail: [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..](mailto:joanna@poppink.com.) The below post was written just before social isolating became more severe to include stay at home practices, a business shut down except for essential services and outlawing group assembly (which sounds terrible but saves lives.) "Hello, "Coronavirus fears are spreading throughout our communities. While I believe conscientious self-care and hygiene practices will be adequate to ensure our health, we can make adjustments to increase prevention. "My office is cleaned on a regular basis. This includes rugs and furniture. Door knobs and surfaces are disinfected. We sit six feet from one another. As I understand the existing protocol, six feet is the suggested and recommended social distance, particularly if someone is ill." ![](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/my_office_IMG_3947.jpg)*Consulting room* "However, since my office is situated in a garden, and since the weather now is more benign as we approach Spring, I'm offering you a choice of location. "You can still meet with me in my office. If you wish, we can have appointments outside in the garden. It's your choice. Please let me know what you would prefer. And, your decision doesn't have to be permanent. You can change your mind at any time. "I will let you know about where to wait before our appointments if we are meeting outside. Perhaps staying in your car until the gate opens for you is the most practical and efficient procedure." ![my bouganvillea IMG 2465](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/my_bouganvillea_IMG_2465.jpg)*Bougainvillea is almost always blooming.* "Please let me know what you think about this possible structural change to our sessions. And please know, I am confident we will ride this experience out well. Frankly I'm more concerned about public fear responses than I am about the virus itself. "Still, we need to care for ourselves and think through what is best emotionally as well as physically. I want you to be as comfortable and secure as possible in this environment as we work together." With love and respect, Joanna --- **Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.** --- ***Written by Joanna Poppink, MFT.** Joanna is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in eating disorder recovery, stress, PTSD, and adult development.* *She is licensed in CA, AZ, OR, and FL. Author of the Book: [Healing Your Hungry Heart: Recovering from Your Eating Disorder](https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Your-Hungry-Heart-Recovering/dp/1573244708/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344473529&sr=1-1&keywords=healing+your+hungry+heart)* *Appointments are virtual.* *For a free telephone consultation, e-mail her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.* ***Claiming the Lost Self: An Essential Task for Midlife Women* — a seven part series.** You may begin with the series introduction [here](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/recovery-healing/claiming-the-lost-self-an-essential-task-for-midlife-women-series-introduction). ***Claiming the Lost Self: An Essential Task for Midlife Women* — a seven part series.** You may begin with the series introduction [here](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/recovery-healing/claiming-the-lost-self-an-essential-task-for-midlife-women-series-introduction). ```json { "@context": "http:\/\/schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Article", "author": { "@id": "https:\/\/eatingdisorderrecovery.net\/#joanna_poppink_da79445421" }, "dateModified": "2025-12-12T05:09:47Z", "datePublished": "2020-03-09T00:20:28Z", "description": "Update on virtual appointments with Joanna Poppink during corona era.", "headline": "Letter to Psychotherapy Clients Regarding Coronavirus Adjustments", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https:\/\/eatingdisorderrecovery.net\/images\/view_from_garden_couch_red_umbrellaIMG_3875.jpg", "caption": null, "description": "view from garden couch red umbrellaIMG 3875", "width": 320, "height": 240 } ], "inLanguage": "en-GB", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "url": "https:\/\/eatingdisorderrecovery.net\/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work\/letter-to-psychotherapy-clients-re-caroravirus-adjustments" }, "publisher": { "@id": "https:\/\/eatingdisorderrecovery.net\/#defaultPublisher" }, "url": "https:\/\/eatingdisorderrecovery.net\/psychotherapy-and-recovery-work\/letter-to-psychotherapy-clients-re-caroravirus-adjustments" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joanna Poppink", "@id": "https:\/\/eatingdisorderrecovery.net\/#joanna_poppink_da79445421" }, { "@id": "https:\/\/eatingdisorderrecovery.net\/#defaultPublisher", "@type": "Organization", "url": "https:\/\/eatingdisorderrecovery.net\/", "logo": { "@id": "https:\/\/eatingdisorderrecovery.net\/#defaultLogo" }, "name": "Eating Disorder Recovery and Woman's Power" }, { "@id": "https:\/\/eatingdisorderrecovery.net\/#defaultLogo", "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "", "width": "", "height": "" } ] } ```