Teen's Mental Health & the Pandemic

Kay Kinkel, a licensed clicnical social worker, presented on the topic of Teen's Mental Health & the Pandemic in January, 2021.

You can watch the presentation here and you can access copies of the handouts that she shared.

Handouts Referenced in this Presentation:

• Teens and Mental Health in the Pandemic
• Thriving in the Pandemic
• Brain Balance
• Finding Hope in Scripture
• Mental Health Resource Contacts
• Feelings Wheel

About Kay

Kay (MA, MSW, LICSW) provides individual, couples and family therapy to children, youth and adults. She works for Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota.

Areas of expertise:

• Crisis stabilization
• Grief and loss
• Healing from trauma
• Mood disorders/depression/anxiety
• Relationship challenges
• Spirituality and faith issues

Kay says, "I approach therapy as the practice of helping people identify and clarify their strengths. Then we use those strengths to address their current life situation as they move toward wholeness and health."

Kay has more than five years of clinical practice in outpatient therapy, crisis stabilization and care coordination with people of all ages and backgrounds. She also brings more than 25 years of experience in parish and synodical ministry to her practice. She welcomes conversations about faith and spirituality with those who choose to explore these issues in therapy.

You contact Kay directly: Kay.kinkel@lssmn.org