Individual Staff Counselling
Individual staff counselling options may be available based on your structure and requirements. Services can be customised to make provisions for one off or EAP (Employee Assistance Program) offering counselling to employees.
The Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022 identified work-related mental health amongst national priorities. This was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw further escalation in mental health issues identified across the country. Since this report, external stressors have continued to drastically rise with the cost of living crisis along with ongoing factors such as natural disasters, international conflicts and a national housing crisis.
Furthermore, individual circumstances such as relationship conflict, grief and loss, personal injury/illness, carer fatigue, burnout, Domestic and Family Violence (DV), substance abuse and the stretch of commitments at work and home can play a big part in chronic emotional distress which may flow into the workplace.
Research confirms that mental wellbeing underpins capacity. Causes and behaviours of declining mental health may come from home to work – or work to home. Either way, there is a direct correlation between transference of negative thoughts and emotions that impact individuals, as well as those around them. Fostering a positive wellbeing environment within the workplace can improve engagement to support business objectives, assuring compliance of psychosocial risk management and ethical responsibility.
Benefits of counselling in the workplace:
- Manages workplace stress and burnout
- Fosters an emotionally and mentally safe work environment
- Demonstrates duty of care as an employer
- Promotes mental health in line with workplace policies
- Enables effective and productive communication
- Helps minimise absenteeism and staff turnover
- Allows for individualised support through personalised strategies
- Reduces interpersonal conflict
- Supports mentally fit minds and resilience
- Helps to develop individual coping skills
- Achieves greater job satisfaction
- Boosts overall staff morale
While statistics vary year on year, the bottom line is that creating a mentally healthy work environment results in improved ROI and greater productivity. Organisations with a proactive approach to psychological safety have increased employee engagement and are better able to recruit and retain talented people. Data states that three quarters of employees say a mentally healthy workplace is important to them when looking for a job. The proportion of mental disorder claims involving a form of harassment or bullying is 1 in 3 Females and 1 in 5 Males (Source Safe Work Australia). If left unmanaged, this can spiral into a much greater problem, impacting productivity and legal liability.
Common Psychosocial Issues at Work:
- The demand and/or control of the job
- Conflict and poor team relationships
- Lack of role clarity
- Remote or isolated work conditions
- Poor organisational change management
- Discrimination – age, gender, racial, disability, cultural, sexual orientation
- Bullying and gaslighting
- Harassment, including sexual harassment
- Aggressive and passive aggressive behaviours
- Limited support (team, management, cultural)
- Inadequate reward and recognition
- Unsafe or unhealthy physical environment
- Trauma – unresolved or ongoing impacts
Well Work adapts to your unique industry needs, ask about in person or online counselling support through Well Life Counselling