In more recent years it has become apparent that employee wellbeing is key to providing a healthy working environment and workplace counselling is a widely recognised proven strategy for providing a space for employees to feel free to share any issues they may be feeling with a qualified therapist.

 

The Facts

The World Health Organisation (WHO) included “burn-out” in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as an occupational phenomenon in the section of factors influencing health status or contact with health services. Studies at Edinburgh university have proven that the provision of time limited counselling by employers is an effective support for personal difficulties effecting work

 

In 2001, The British Associate of Counselling and Psychotherapy published a report titles ‘Counselling in the workplace: The Facts’ 

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The report found that following a period of counselling, more than half of the employees involved found their work related symptoms had returned to normal, with sickness and absence reduced by 25%.

 

How this impacts your business

The stresses of the contemporary workplace and the challenges of maintaining a healthy work life balance can have an impact on an employees’ mental health costing the business valuable productivity.

 

What can you do?

Counselling is widely recognised as an effective tool in alleviating psychological problems, has a significant impact on sickness absence and has a positive effect on attitudes at work.

 

The benefits for your business

Workplace counselling offers the employer a service that is valued by employees, has the potential for savings by reducing sickness absence, takes pressure off managers through the availability of a constructive means of dealing with ‘difficult’ staff or situations, and contributes to its reputation as a caring employer.