Workplace issues
We want to contribute; and for many of us, employment is the most significant way for this need to be met. Working for an organisation demands certain kinds and levels of performance, and in return the organisation offers pay, engagement with others,
a place to belong, and skills development. The arrangement is a complex mix of costs, benefits, risks, and opportunities.
At times, that mix becomes unbalanced because of changes in the workplace or in yourself. The most common kinds of change leading to workplace distress include
If conversations at work don't or can't address the problem, psychotherapy can help you clarify the issue, and can help ensure that your responses align with your values and priorities. It is an investment not only in your work, but in yourself and your life.
Your employer may be willing to contribute to this investment, because it makes good sense: staff distress and staff turnover are disruptive and expensive. Effective managers respect and value a staff member who identifies an issue and asks for help.
Some firms have a budget for external, confidential employee assistance such as counselling or psychotherapy, and may have contracted with an organisation that will help you connect with a therapist. If so, there may be a set number of sessions offered, and the therapist would work within this frame, often using a clinical model designed to optimise the benefits of brief therapy. In the first session, he or she will help you clarify the issue and you will jointly agree on focus and timing.
Work-related problems have effects that go well beyond the workplace, potentially depleting your vitality, your relationships, and your sense of competence and self-worth. This is deeply painful, and it may seem that the only solution is to leave. By getting help that enables you to more clearly see the issue and its meaning to you, you gain greater understanding of yourself and your options.
This can be an opportunity for growth and self-awareness, increasing the quality of the decisions you take.
a place to belong, and skills development. The arrangement is a complex mix of costs, benefits, risks, and opportunities.
At times, that mix becomes unbalanced because of changes in the workplace or in yourself. The most common kinds of change leading to workplace distress include
- Changes at work like restructuring, a change in the work itself, or a change in work relationships
- An acute problem in your personal or work life that affects your ability to maintain expected levels of performance or your normal ways of engaging with others at work
- Changes in yourself, so that an arrangement that was satisfying in the past no longer works for you.
If conversations at work don't or can't address the problem, psychotherapy can help you clarify the issue, and can help ensure that your responses align with your values and priorities. It is an investment not only in your work, but in yourself and your life.
Your employer may be willing to contribute to this investment, because it makes good sense: staff distress and staff turnover are disruptive and expensive. Effective managers respect and value a staff member who identifies an issue and asks for help.
Some firms have a budget for external, confidential employee assistance such as counselling or psychotherapy, and may have contracted with an organisation that will help you connect with a therapist. If so, there may be a set number of sessions offered, and the therapist would work within this frame, often using a clinical model designed to optimise the benefits of brief therapy. In the first session, he or she will help you clarify the issue and you will jointly agree on focus and timing.
Work-related problems have effects that go well beyond the workplace, potentially depleting your vitality, your relationships, and your sense of competence and self-worth. This is deeply painful, and it may seem that the only solution is to leave. By getting help that enables you to more clearly see the issue and its meaning to you, you gain greater understanding of yourself and your options.
This can be an opportunity for growth and self-awareness, increasing the quality of the decisions you take.