In a paragraph…
Counselling and training to support staff and management in the development of your business. Stress and anxiety is the biggest health problem in the Irish workplace today. It can be the silent killer of a business leading to; low motivation, high absenteeism, bullying and conflict. Providing optimal psychological support to your business creates a ‘win-win’ situation: supported workers give more to the business, while reducing the invisible costs of stress.
What is available?
Your own personal psychological consultant to support the development of your business. Either on site or externally, I can provide a cost effective counselling and training service for both staff and management.
Why?
Work needs to be ‘win-win’. If employees feel supported and well enough, employers will get more from their workforce in a sustainable way and more readily achieve organisational goals.
The opposite also applies. Employee absenteeism, high staff turnover, low morale and motivation, conflict, bullying and sexual harassment can be silent killers in your company. They corrode productivity, push up business costs - especially in terms of lost time – and undermine company reputation.
Irish employer/employee research
90% of Irish employers say that employee health and wellbeing have a direct effect on productivity. (Aviva Workplace Health Index, AWHI, 2013)
80% of Irish employers feel that workplace health initiatives have many benefits such as attracting and retaining talent, and increasing loyalty. (AWHI, 2013)
80% of Irish employees say they would be more loyal to an employer if they looked after their health. (AWHI, 2013)
76% of Dublin workers feel there is a need for counselling in the workplace. (Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, IACP, survey 2013)
Irish workplace research
The top four health problems experienced in the Irish workplace are stress and anxiety (55%), fatigue (52%), back and neck pain (32%) and colds (32%). (AWHI, 2013).
For me, stress and anxiety cause the other three. It depletes the immune system leading to fatigue and colds, and it is a psychological fact that we store our negative emotions, like anger, in our back and shoulders.
Stress and mental ill health are among the most common causes of work absence and research shows: Early intervention results in a significant reduction in doctor visits and shorter work absences. (Zigenfus et al, 2000).
Services
- Counselling: Individual;
- Mediation: Conflict and communication breakdown;
- Management Support: Individual supervision to reduce stress and gain clarity on company and personal direction;
- Training: Managing anxiety and stress, dealing with conflict, and team building;
- Consultation: Policy development regarding staff wellbeing and organisational change.