Who are we?
​A volunteer network of support for our essential workers and their families

As COVID-19 grows and spreads, the psychological, emotional, and spiritual toll on Irish essential workers and their families also grows. Most essential workers lack adequate emotional and mental support, and can even feel isolated and stigmatized for their contact with infected populations. Most families of essential workers are themselves unsupported and overwhelmed. 

To address this growing crisis, we are an emerging, self-organising network of volunteer mental health professionals, spiritual care providers, stress-reduction experts, healers, and community-builders who have stepped up to support our essential workers and their families during this crisis.

We believe that all essential workers are on the front-lines of this crisis, because all essential workers are putting their bodies at risk. 

We believe the families of these workers are also at risk and deserve our support. 

This include workers in health care, grocery store workers, food production, public safety, the media, janitorial and sanitation, transportation, the energy sector, and emergency personnel, among others. 

If you are on the front-lines, our hope is you feel connected, supported, and in community. We appreciate you, and you are not alone. Together we are strong.

Is the network licensed to provide therapy?

To be very explicit: as a network, we are not offering therapy — we are connecting individuals for care and support. Some of these individuals are licensed therapists, professionally certified to offer therapeutic services. As consenting adults, participants can construct the relationship that feels most helpful. Once we connect individuals, the interaction is outside the network. 

In terms of record-keeping, we will only receive very minimal information about participants looking for support. Any data from workers or caregivers, will be kept strictly confidential, and only accessible to the central administrative team. We are not supervising caregivers or asking for reported feedback. We are connecting people in need of support and those willing to offers support in a time of crisis. 

Who can offer support in the network?

We are a mutual aid network comprised of therapists, psychiatrists, counsellors, life coaches, grief counsellors, spiritual care providers, organisers, and crisis line workers. Anyone who self-identifies as a trained caregiver may apply to volunteer in the network.


​We focus on facilitating individual support encounters, support groups, stress-reduction trainings, and grief and loss rituals.
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All individual support meetings happen by Zoom or telephone. Groups and rituals will be posted on the website as made available.

How can I contact the network organisers?

For questions or comments, please email:  covidcara@gmail.com