Coping with COVID

Our community is facing global health crises, the impacts of which are far reaching and long lasting. There can be fear, stress, and anxiety related to COVID-19. We want you to know Bishop Wellness Center is here to support you.

Coping with Daily Needs

Willamette’s SOAR Center can help with food and essentials.

The Office of Student Resources offers an emergency fund application.

The case manager, at Bishop Wellness Center, can help students navigate local systems of support. Call Bishop’s front desk at 503-370-6471 to request an appointment.

The Hope Center for College, Community and Justice has created a guide for college students in need of practical support during COVID-19.

Coping with Stress and Anxiety

Bishop Wellness Center continues to offer counseling and can be reached at 503-370-6471.

The Office of the Chaplains is also available for support.

Dealing with Uncertainty in the COVID Pandemic article.

Psychology Tools offers a free guide to living with worry and anxiety amidst global uncertainty (in multiple languages).

A student created resource from Mind Matters.

The Wellness Society offers a Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook (multiple languages).

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention offers Taking Care of Your Mental Health in the Face of Uncertainty.

The Trevor Project offers LGBTQ youth coping advice.

The JED Foundation offers a variety of student specific resources.

Coping with Discrimination/Racial Trauma

The Student Center for Equity and Empowerment is a resource for students of various identities to connect, find information, and support one another, and is supported by the Office of Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion.

The Gender Resource and Advocacy Center offers support and advocacy services surrounding sexual and gender identity, and sexual and relationship violence.

The Steve Fund is dedicated to the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color and has developed specific resources around COVID-19.

The Irresistible podcast (formerly Healing Justice podcast) focuses on healing and inspiration for social justice leaders.

The Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective offers a variety of social justice and mental health related resources.

Here are some tool kits on Surviving and Resisting Hate, from the Immigration, Critical Race, and Cultural Equity Lab.

Liberate Meditation is a free meditation app created by and for the BIPOC community.

Work on your personal development around anti-oppression by engaging with the 21-day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge.

Lines for Life: Racial Equity Support Line

Coping with Grief

The Office of the Chaplains offers resources and grief support, including a grief group.

For those who want individual counseling support around grief, Bishop Wellness Center is a resource. Call 503-370-6471.

The American Psychological Association provides some thoughts on grief in the time of COVID-19.

Heal Grief provides community, support, and connections to those who are grieving, including Actively Moving Forward virtual support groups for young adults.

Apps for additional support

Several apps offer relaxation, breathing, or meditation guidance with a free component or a free trial, such as Calm, Headspace, or Breathe2Relax.

Liberate Meditation is a free meditation app created by and for the BIPOC community.

COVID Coach is designed to support self-care and overall mental health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Willamette University

Health Services

Address

Baxter Hall

900 State Street

Salem Oregon 97301 U.S.A.

Phone

503-370-6062 voice

503-375-5420 fax