Although many Guyanese continue to bear witness to the devastating effects of COVID-19 on their lives, there are some that are not so evident but no less damaging. Psychologist Marcia Yangapatty is seeking to help to change that as she works to address the psychological toll of the pandemic.
Yangapatty, a counselling psychologist, is currently spearheading a voluntary COVID-19 psychological response programme in which she counsels police officers stationed in her hometown of Linden.
The programme, Yangapatty told Stabroek Weekend, has been tailored to frontline workers who are on a daily basis seeking to cushion the impact of the pandemic on the civilian population. It is an outgrowth of her previous work with the Guyana Police Force, for which she had been conducting annual counselling sessions since 2013.
