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Barber shop owner Angela Miller always hears about clients’ family dysfunctions and financial struggles, but that’s especially been the case during the pandemic.
“You hear everything,” she says. Lost jobs. Lost family. She says she can very much relate.
“My business had to shut down for about four months and I wasn’t really financially prepared for that,” says Miller, who says she normally pays bills ahead of time.
Her entire family caught COVID-19 early in the pandemic, and Miller, a 50-year-old single mom living in Philadelphia, almost died. Being socially isolated also stirred up past childhood trauma, she says. So earlier this year, she finally sought help.
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Barber shop owner Angela Miller always hears about clients family dysfunctions and financial struggles, but that s especially been the case during the pandemic. You hear everything, she says. Lost jobs. Lost family. She says she can very much relate. My business had to shut down for about four months, and I wasn t really financially prepared for that, says Miller, who says she normally pays bills ahead of time.
Originally published on April 29, 2021 2:13 pm
Barber shop owner Angela Miller always hears about clients family dysfunctions and financial struggles, but that s especially been the case during the pandemic. You hear everything, she says. Lost jobs. Lost family. She says she can very much relate. My business had to shut down for about four months, and I wasn t really financially prepared for that, says Miller, who says she normally pays bills ahead of time.
Her entire family caught COVID-19 early in the pandemic, and Miller, a 50-year-old single mom living in Philadelphia, almost died. Being socially isolated also stirred up past childhood trauma, she says. So this year, she finally sought help.
You hear everything, she says. Lost jobs. Lost family. She says she can very much relate. My business had to shut down for about four months, and I wasn t really financially prepared for that, says Miller, who says she normally pays bills ahead of time.
Her entire family caught COVID-19 early in the pandemic, and Miller, a 50-year-old single mom living in Philadelphia, almost died. Being socially isolated also stirred up past childhood trauma, she says. So this year, she finally sought help.
But the first therapist she contacted didn t return her call for a month, only to tell her that the next available appointment would take another month.