Counselling for Depression
In any week in England, the NHS diagnoses 3 in 100 people with depression. This makes it likely at least one of your people will develop depression during their working relationship with you. Ensure they have the support they need with depression therapy and counselling. Sign up to our EAP and get access to a wide range of face to face, telephone or online counselling for depression and anxiety.
Benefits of counselling for depression
Benefits of counselling for depression Mental health problems are most commonly tackled with psychiatric medication treatment options. Antidepressant medications can help with mental illnesses. Coupling this with professional help from a counsellor is the best way to get long term and short term results.
Talking therapies can especially help those struggling with depression. You may also hear them referred to as counselling, talking treatments or psychological therapies.
If your employees are going through a difficult period of their lives, short-term counselling is perfect to help them through it. This could be because of bereavement. This can include losing a close relative, having relationship troubles or health complications.
Counselling for depression: what to expect
The Health Assured employee assistance programme is the UK and Ireland’s largest award-winning EAP, giving caring and compassionate support to over 10 million people.
With the service, you get access to counsellors and therapists who can help employees with a range of mental health issues.
Improving access to psychological therapies, such as CBT, can help your employees. Counsellors can also help work through any of their emotional problems. This includes depression, and this is how we support your people.
How effective is counselling for depression?
One of the biggest hurdles to dealing with depression is talking about it and acknowledging it. It is often easier to talk to a stranger than to friends and family. This is why an impartial counsellor can be helpful.
During talking therapy, a trained counsellor or therapist listens to your employees. They help your employees find their own answers to problems, without judgment.
Counselling aims to help with understanding the issues that are affecting your employee. Their role is to listen, provide feedback, and work with them to develop strategies to cope.
Our EAP provides the tools you need to cope
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Welsh Ambulance NHS Service Trust has used Health Assured as it’s EAP for the past 2 years and the service has been extremely well received by our staff. We were given support from day 1 with communications, leaflets, manager guides to promote the service which has been very helpful.
Ceri Bryant |Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service Manager
