Counseling Services
Having both a full-time job and a full-time personal life can be tough sometimes, and balancing the demands of each can be a real challenge. The EAP's goal is to help employees and their families cope with problems that affect emotional well-being, whether they stem from work or from home. The idea is to improve the employee's quality of life, and at the same time create a healthier workplace for the employer.Please see the topics below:
A Place to Turn for Help
Available when an employee has a personal problem of any kind, the EAP offers confidential problem assessment by one of our professional counselors. These consultations are one-on-one, face-to-face meetings, which may be held either at the workplace or at an EAP office, and scheduled at the employee's convenience. Urgent situations are scheduled as soon as possible.The counselor’s goal is to help the employee with practical, short-term problem solving, and to offer referral services when a longer-term solution is needed. As experienced, licensed, and credentialed mental health workers, our counselors know how to listen, and how to offer guidance objectively.
The consultations are free of charge for the employee, as well as for the employee's spouse/significant other and dependent family members.
Why People Use the EAP
Our counselors help people with everyday problems in living, including emotional or marital problems, stress, depression and anxiety, family or relationship troubles, alcohol or drug abuse, workplace difficulties, and financial or legal referrals, to name just a few.Confidentiality
All of the EAP services are subject to certain rules and regulations which enforce the practice of confidentiality. The legal limits of these will be explained by the counselor, but except in extreme situations such as the threat of harm to self or others, discussions between an employee and a counselor remain private.If an employee is referred to the EAP by the employer, the counselor may ask the employee for permission to speak with the supervisor about the employee's EAP participation and any work-related issues, but the nature of any personal problems will not be discussed without the employee's specific permission.
