Are you trying psychotherapy? Use your employee assistance program

Are you trying psychotherapy? Use your employee assistance program

Four reasons why you should seek psychotherapy from your Employee Assistance Program.

First, the EAP program resources offer you the opportunity to gain initial experience with short-term therapy free of charge.

If you've never seen a therapist before, you may want to test how the process works for you or consider a specific therapeutic direction. Cognitive behavior? Emotionally oriented? Psychodynamic? Which one suits you best? Most employee assistance programs offer a variety of therapy modalities, and a preliminary discussion with the EAP case manager making your intake can help ensure a good match to your needs and personality.

Second, examine a particular situation or difficulty from a new perspective

In complex emotional situations, you may feel, “I don’t even know where to start!” A psychotherapist can help you create focus, identify the most relevant aspects of your problem, and/or help you decide where your efforts will be most productive. The “outsider” or “expert” perspective can help you determine whether your experiences are “normal and expected” under the circumstances…or whether your symptoms fall into an area that may require medication or more concern.

Three: Crises or Transitions: The Rough Spots of Life

A calm voice can often help you cope with common emotional and psychological challenges, such as relationship breakdowns, a loved one's illness, or a new medical diagnosis. Even an office reorganization or an unwanted move can create stress that can exceed your normal coping abilities. A therapist who has seen many people in similar crises can often help “gracefully” get through a difficult period of life and avoid common mistakes and pitfalls associated with temporary life experiences. Therapy can provide a neutral space in which to reflect on your situation, free from criticism or professional or social repercussions.

Fourth: “Wellness Work” How to live a good life better.

Regular mental health check-ups, timely explorations of upcoming personal changes such as graduation, career development, retirement, menopause, and empty nesting can help prevent unnecessary confusion and distress. Existential questions of value and meaning, the universal challenges of aging and loss, spiritual questions, or questions of secular spirituality can all be explored in a counseling or psychotherapy setting. Even “positive stressors” like weddings, pregnancies, impending parenthood, moves, or promotions can cause emotional upheaval and raise questions that can be helpful in gaining perspective.

Many people wonder whether it is useful, right, or even safe to use their EAP services during difficult times.

While ideally we want to live in a work community where our employers pay attention to our emotional and psychological needs as people, many workplaces are not set up for this, and many employers do not have the personal qualities or training to support their workers emotionally.

Employee assistance programs are a way that many institutions have created to ensure that employees' personal, emotional and psychological needs are met. Employees should not be embarrassed to access these services

confidentiality

Each EAP is also very aware and respectful of their customers' privacy. EAP psychotherapy programs are designed to protect confidentiality and ensure that there are no professional or social repercussions when seeking psychological support.

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