Realistic Optimism: Meeting the Psychological Challenges of the Pandemic

Philip Chard is President/CEO of Empathia, Inc., a nationwide behavioral services firm providing health, safety, and productivity solutions. In addition, he is a practicing psychotherapist who writes an award-winning weekly column in the Shepard Express, Milwaukee's weekly newspaper, titled "Out of My Mind," and is author of The Healing Earth, which won the Midwest Publishers Award, and Nature's Ways, which examines the spiritual aspects of nature interaction. Philip has been a guest expert on ABC Television's 20/20, and has presented at the Brookings Institution, among many other venues. Prior to joining Empathia, he was Director of Behavioral Science Education at Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine, where he was an associate professor and received the Outstanding Faculty Award. Philip holds a MS in counseling psychology from Drake University, is a licensed clinical social worker, completed five years of post-masters study in health psychology from Saybrook University and is a Master Practitioner of NLP.