Please note that I use the words "workplace counselling", "workplace psychotherapy", "psychotherapeutic counselling for employees" & "talking therapy for employees" and also "workplace counsellor for employers", "workplace psychotherapist for employers", "psychotherapeutic counsellor for employers" & "talking therapist for employees" interchangeably. I am trained & accredited as a counsellor, psychotherapist & talking therapist and I am happy to discuss their differences with you.
Counselling London Psychotherapy Camden
A Flexible On-Call Counselling & Support Service - Work Site & Off Site
In This Section:
Key Workplace Counselling Support Packages
- Face-to-face counselling support
- Crisis counselling intervention
- Critical incident and trauma counselling support
- Emergency "on-call" counselling assistance
- Ad hoc counselling support
- Peripatetic counselling services
- Expatriate outreach counselling services
- Retirement counselling support
- Family counselling support
- Counselling support for organisational restructuring
- Redundancy counselling
- On/offsite counselling facilities
- Follow-up counselling support
Key Workplace Counselling Benefits
- Freeing up management time
- Supporting "duty of care"
- Supporting staff wellbeing, including productivity & burnout
- Can reduce sick leave & absenteeism
- Improving staff morale
- A responsive and preventative service
- Integrating the service into your specific organisational culture
- Supporting internal departments
- Positioning the organisation as a caring employer
- Staff likely to f e e l more valued
- Providing a safe and confidential place for staff to "offload"
Aims of Workplace Counselling
My aim is for employees to f e e l better about themselves and be able to focus at work and consequently benefit the organisation by providing a happier more stable and creative workforce, alongside reducing any stress, absenteeism and the "hidden costs" that may arise, so staff are committed and more effective having overcome or come to terms with their difficulty.
My Workplace Counselling Approach
I am experienced at working with several approaches, and have and understanding of organisational cultures/factors which impact upon a healthy work force. I also work with an awareness of the interests of different organisational stakeholders and of the potential for conflicts of interest between the needs of organisations and individual clients.
Having a partnership approach, I like to work alongside key departments. Business clients appreciate the fact that I keep the counselling service personal, friendly and professional. I do not take on all new business unless I f e e l it benefits individual organisations, clients and the counselling service. This enables the counselling service and your organisation to guarantee high levels of service.
My experience has taught me that it is not only what we do what counts, but how we do it is also fundamental, through building quality ways of relating. This can bring about lasting transformation.
Valuing Your Assets
The people - employees - are each organisation's biggest asset. If disregarded, people's value diminishes and the expected return may decrease. When people are looked after, they will flourish & consistently perform well.
What Happens At Assessment
I will ask the employee to outline his or her concern or problem. The nature of the assessment is determined by the type of issue presented:
- Work-related stress
- Organisational change & redundancy
- Harassment, bullying in the workplace
- Work/career dilemmas
- Bereavement
- Social well-being
- Internet misuse
- Substance abuse
- Other...
For some individuals, there may not be a specific problem, they may just need to talk and off-load. Others they may need to work through a difficulty.
The process starts with an initial interview - an assessment session. This assessment is key to the next steps since it will determine the appropriateness and level of counselling support. Usually this will be short term counselling.
Where longer term counselling support is indicated, you will be informed.
Long Term Counselling
For some problems there are no magical quick-fixes. Initial assessments may indicate that limited sessions for certain individuals and situations may not be appropriate or advisable. Sometimes solution focused counselling can be ineffective where it is indicated that the individual needs more time to work with deeper underlying issues, or for unspecified problems where there are no clear obvious causes. Where this is the case, periodic reviews are offered to mark progress and future focus of counselling.
Certain situations therefore require longer term work. These include:
- If the problem is long-term/deep rooted with underlying issues
- Entrenched destructive patterns of behaviour
- Unhelpful habits & addictions
- Internet misuse (e.g. pornography, gaming)
- Abuse
- Major health concerns
- Long term s e l f esteem/worth issues
- Sexuality
- Long term identity issues
- Depression
- L i f e changing events
- Huge change in personal circumstances
- Bereavement
- Deep seated religious/spiritual factors
- People who know something is amiss yet can't put their finger on it.
- Feeling empty, aimless, directionless or pointless, lacking motivation, focus, purpose or meaning in l i f e.
- Existential concerns
- Unresolved long term conflicts
- Issues that need unravelling over time
For these typical issues, solution focused short-term problem solving counselling may not assist and in fact can disempower individuals.