Looking at themes from data within internal services such as Occupational Health, Organisational Development and Employee Assistance Programme, will allow you to have a richer understanding of the mental wellbeing of your workforce and make improvements based on these. For example:
- Is there a particular time of the year when referrals to psychological support services increase/decrease?
- What kind of difficulties are staff bringing to sessions?
- Are there certain kinds of professions accessing these services more than others?
Counsellor Tanja Koch from Healthy Workplace, Healthy You, noted:
"A common theme is that individuals push themselves too hard while they assume they ‘should cope’. Feelings of guilt and shame, fear of letting others down, or being reprimanded adds to their already increased stress and anxiety levels. There can be a tendency not to address psychological symptoms and physical manifestations of stress and anxiety or work-life balance issues.”