Workplace Counselling
Even with the current acceptance of counselling as a healthy option for those working under stressful conditions, there’s still a reluctance for some of us to use counselling when things get rough.
“I’m fine; there’s nothing wrong with me” is the sort of thing you might hear from someone facing difficulties in the workplace coupled with difficulties at home when offered workplace counselling.
They are finding the stress too much to handle, yet they feel they need to be seen to be coping.
It’s a depressing scenario and one which more and more people are facing.
Not Coping
They can’t cope as well as they used to be able to and they really don’t know what to do about it.
On the other hand, they don’t want to appear weak and vulnerable or jeopardise their careers by appearing unable to cope.
In short, they have a lousy work-life balance.
74% of UK adults have felt so stressed at some point over the last year they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope
Mental Health Foundation
32% of adults said they had experienced suicidal feelings as a result of stress
16% of adults said they had self-harmed as a result of stress
Even with the current acceptance of workplace counselling as a healthy option for those working under stressful conditions, there’s still a reluctance for some of us to use counselling when things get rough.
Sometimes things have to get so rough that the person is in a complete state so that there is really no option left, other than a breakdown or burnout.
Counselling is not a magic bullet
Workplace counselling can’t change the external pressures you work under.
What it can do is provide strategies for coping with difficulties and insight into your behaviour.
It can help you see how you impact others and how their behaviour affects you.
Counselling also gives you the bigger picture and puts your current situation into a wider context.
This is really valuable, as many of us just cannot see what else may be going on.
Times of Stress
In times of stress, we all find it harder to see clearly by ourselves.
Equally important is that workplace counselling offers you a safe place to confide and off-load your current problems and issues with no career-limiting consequences.
Objectivity, perception and empathy are part of the counselling process.
Counselling can improve your overall mental health and help you handle the everyday pressures of life more effectively.
Workplace Counselling
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