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Balancing Life: Marital Relationships While Social Distancing

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ALCE-196NP

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Crystal Tyler-MacKey, Extension Specialist, Community Viability, Virginia Tech; and Megan Dolbin-MacNab, Marriage and Family Therapy Program Director and Associate Professor, Virginia Tech

This publication is available as a video only.

Balancing Life series. This session focuses on Marital Relations. Staying at home and practicing social distancing in order to slow the spread of COVID-19 can strain even the strongest of relationships. Couples are suddenly spending all of their time together, while also juggling their work and parenting responsibilities. Add in housework, money concerns and other stressors, and many couples are feeling the strain. Some may even worry that their marriages won't survive. In this session, Dr. Megan Dolbin-MacNab, Director of Virginia Tech's marriage and family therapy doctoral program, will discuss ways to take care of your relationship in the midst of COVID-19. Tune in to learn more!

For more videos in this series, visit Balancing Life

More COVID-19 resources can be found at COVID-19.


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Publication Date

April 17, 2020