Workplace Counselling from Wellbeing Partners: A Comprehensive and Timely Service

Wellbeing Partners’ comprehensive in-house workplace counselling service provides the fastest and most effective solution for supporting the individual mental health needs of your employees, in your workplace or online.

The biggest challenge to supporting employee mental health is the reality that existing structures are not coping, with organisations across the UK finding their EAP services unable to meet demand.  Many private medical insurers having waiting lists of more than 3 months for accessing mental health services and the NHS is completely overwhelmed with millions of adults on waiting lists of 18 months or longer, even for acute mental health issues.

This perfect storm of growing mental health issues and a huge upsurge in burnout across society combined with a lack of provision from the usual mental health support services is leaving employees without the support they need.

Wellbeing Partners’ In-House Counselling services is an efficient, effective and compassionate response to these issues and the mental health requirements of your employees. Here are the main reasons why:

We are not an EAP: Wellbeing Partners In-House Workplace Counselling Service is pay-as-you-use service (not a subscription model) that allows great flexibility for organisations and fast access to mental health support for employees.

Our Service is Comprehensive: Our counsellors offer broad mental health support that goes beyond parameters set by EAPs, where employees can be turned away if their issues are deemed too small or too complex to meet the threshold for workplace mental health support.  Our workplace counselling service covers all areas of mental health and wellbeing, including anxiety, depression, insomnia and disturbed sleep, emotional dysregulation, burnout, bereavement, interpersonal difficulties at work or home and more. We also offer counselling on specialist areas such as menopause-related mental health, neurodivergent-related mental health, senior leadership mental health, all in a safe and confidential environment.

Your Own Team of Mental Health Professionals: Your organisation will be assigned a small and dedicated team of fully qualified and highly experienced counsellors who get to know your staff and are accessible at any time they are needed. Sessions can be offered in-person in your workplace, or online via secure video platform.

New Trend, New Approach: Responding to the mental health crisis requires a dynamic approach.  In house-counselling is the emergent trend in workplace mental health, one that we have been offering for many years with a large and growing list of workplace clients. Our in-house counselling service is refined, effective and offers dedicated one-to-one appointments with staff in-person or online to fit with their busy schedules.

Training and Experience: Wellbeing Partners are experts at providing mental health and wellbeing support in professional settings.  This is because we source and employ experts in their fields.  All our counsellors are BACP registered and with at least 10 years’ post-qualification experience. They also all have extensive experience of providing counselling and wellbeing coaching in professional settings and combine unrivalled training and experience that meets your needs.

Prevention, Performance and Confidence: Our broad approach to challenges in In-House Counselling means that smaller issues can be prevented from developing into crises and more complex issues.  Our counselling services focus on creating the framework and confidence that people need to maintain their mental health once the sessions are concluded, reducing likelihood of later relapses. In-House Workplace Counselling is not a luxury, but an intelligent, supportive and economical response to mental health issues. It offers both short and long-term gains for individuals and organisations.

If you would like to learn more about our workplace counselling services, either complete the form below or click here – Employee Counselling

Supporting the Mental Health of Your Neurodivergent Employees with Specialist Workplace Counselling

One of the most important changes in understanding employee mental health has been the focus on understanding neurodiversity and how being neurodivergent can impact our mental health.

The connection of neurodivergence and mental health issues has traditionally been underestimated, misunderstood and even ignored, especially in the workplace. Whilst neurodiversites such as autism and ADHD are not mental health issues, they are highly significant risk factors for mental health issues, particularly anxiety disorders and depressive disorder.  

50% of adults with ADHD and 47% of adults with autism will experience a co-occurring anxiety disorder whilst 70% of adults with ADHDand 40% of adults with autism will also have a co-diagnosis of depression.  Because of these vulnerabilities, it is essential that qualified mental health support is provided by organisations to support neurodivergent mental health.  Unfortunately, for many organisations, their EAPs are unable to offer such specialist support, leaving many employees to struggle with mental health issues that undermine happiness, confidence, productivity and impact their ability to engage in the workplace. 

What is urgently required is neurodivergent employee counselling.  At Wellbeing Partners we provide specialist neurodivergent counselling services on an ad hoc or regular basis, depending on the needs of your business. 

What differentiates us from other services and EAPS is that these employee counselling sessions are neurodivergent specific, led by qualified counsellors with years of experience in both supporting neurodivergent mental health but also providing counselling support within professional settings.  Our team of counsellors are highly experienced in supporting areas especially relevant to neurodivergent mental health including:

  • burnout
  • anxiety
  • depression
  • insomnia
  • interpersonal difficulties
  • communication difficulties
  • related health issues

Providing all staff members the support of named, fully qualified professionals, ensures a guarantee of quality care to employees.  High quality specialist counselling support services ensure that all staff can be guided through all manner of workplace challenges, and properly supported with any mental health issues, by a known, trusted and experienced professional, in a guaranteed time frame.

A guide to our Neurodiversity Services can be found here

Mental Health and Neurodiversity in the Workplace – a key focus for 2024

The conversation around neurodivergence in the workplace continues to gather pace, with encouraging moves towards awareness, inclusion and support for neurodivergent employees.

In addition to the full suite of neurodiversity support services such as diagnoses, assessment, coaching and admin support, Wellbeing Partners specialises in a range of unique services that go beyond what other neurodiversity providers offer:

  • Neurodiversity Training for Line Managers: Wellbeing Partners provides live and interactive specialist line manager training for effectively and appropriately supporting the needs of neurodivergent employees. The training can be provided online or in-person in your workplace, and offers in-depth insight into the different types of neurodivergencies and their challenges and advantages to the workplace; how to create a neuro-inclusive team and work environment; and how to communicate and support neurodivergent employees in a way that helps to remove the obstacles that can prevent them from thriving in the workplace. Please get in touch with us using the form below to find out more
  • Specialist Neurodivergent Counselling Support: Key to supporting your neurodivergent staff is ensuring that they have straightforward access to specialist neurodiversity counsellors who are experienced in supporting neurodivergent employees’ mental health. Contact us using the form below to find out more about our specialist mental health support services for neurodivergent employees
  • Mental Health Wellbeing Workshops for Neurodivergent Employees: Whilst neurotypical employees have largely benefited from a plethora of workplace wellbeing initiatives and workshops over the past few years, it is essential that employees with ADHD and/or autism are sufficiently catered for in this space. Wellbeing Partners specialised mental wellbeing workshops for neurodivergent employees provide content, presentation and communication specifically designed to help neurodivergent employees navigate the types of mental health issues that commonly occur in a workplace setting. Get in touch to find out more about our specialist wellbeing workshops

As organisations increase their awareness and celebration of neurodiversity in the workplace, more attention needs to be paid to the specific mental health needs of employees and recruits with ADHD and autism, and their managers too. The prioritisation of specialist support services that enable your neurodivergent employees to thrive is a responsibility that HR teams and managers need to consider and embrace, in order to be truly progressive employers.

Find out more about our Neurodiversity Services – https://wellbeing.partners/neurodiversity-services/

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[i] https://bpded.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40479-019-0115-2 and https://adaa.org

[ii] www.autism.org.uk.

[iii] www.additudemag.com

[iv] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28547881/). And https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8187558/

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