You haven’t been feeling right in a while. You miss the time when you were happy and when you felt a vitality, a well-being and a willingness to move forward in life to achieve your goals.
“The psychological distress program and support I received changed my life. I' so glad I asked for help.” Vincent, 31y/o
You feel gloomy and lack energy, everything starts to weigh on you, even the little things of everyday life. You don’t know what to do, you wonder if your condition is temporary or if it is a sign of a progressive deterioration that might make you lose your footing sooner or later. You don’t know if you should consult, or you know you should, but you have no idea who to turn to. For a few weeks now, you have checked several of the following symptoms:
frequent absences and delays;
reduction in productivity;
increased errors, decreased quality of work;
difficulty concentrating and remembering;
fatigue, sensation of arduousness;
neglected body appearance and/or care;
impatience, increased and unusual irritability;
crying;
isolation;
interpersonal problems.
You suffer from psychological distress
Have you thought about asking for help?
We don't skimp on psychological distress because running away from it can lead to more serious problems, the best known of which are depression, adjustment disorder and anxiety disorder. The latter is one of the most unpleasant emotion a person can experience. It is manifested by a permanent state of nervousness or apprehension. Some say they live in a state of permanent fear. As for depression, when it sets in, it is impossible to feel the beauty of life, everything is sadness, emptiness, despair, and helplessness. It can lead to suicide.
To avoid the deterioration of your mental health, we advise you to break your own taboos and ask for help. Depending on the situation, you can consult your doctor and/or a psychologist and possibly engage in therapeutic work. As the effects of distress are felt in all spheres of life, you can also receive additional help and specialized support in the professional setting.
To relieve distress, your employer could be part of the solution.
We have put forward a program for employers concerned about effectively helping their employees affected by psychological distress: Help and support in case of psychological distress
The mental health coach
It's simple. Once alerted by the manager or the employee, one of our specialized resources (the mental health coach) jumps in to circumscribe the specific problem of psychological distress. The goal of this intervention is to propose and implement a series of actions that can act on the factors of distress, reduce suffering as soon as possible and prevent the appearance of even more serious mental health problems such as depression, adjustment and anxiety disorders.
The problem might be limited to the personal sphere (gambling or alcohol problem, addiction to video games, performance at work, personal conflicts, divorce, etc.). Or it could involve the professional sphere and work organization (heavy workload, lack of respect, lack of recognition, unclear expectations, lack of autonomy, conflict of values, interpersonal relationships, etc.) Regardless of the sphere generally affected, the repercussions of distress know no boundaries and are felt throughout all spheres of life.
The coach can therefore meet as part of their analysis, always with your authorization, people involved in the problem. The coach will then define, together with you, your employer or anyone involved, a plan for dealing with the various distress factors.
This support plan will be tailored to meet your specific needs and help you take ownership of new lifestyle or work habits, and regain the positive behaviours, attitudes and thoughts inherent in a continuum of good mental health.
Actions included in the plan could include:
• Doing activities for yourself and to recharge
• Not neglecting your social network
• Exercising
• Choosing the best actions to solve work and personal problems
• Learning to manage personal and work life balance
• Having a good nutrition and general lifestyle
• Learning to challenge depressive thoughts and replacing them with more accurate and realistic thoughts
• Learning to set limits
• Developing strategies to properly manage your energy
• Recognizing and developing strategies to avoid risky behaviours
• Having good sleep habits and sleeping seven to eight hours a night
• Learning how to organize your time to reduce stress
• Managing your work schedule and performance goals
• Nurturing interpersonal relationships and managing conflict
• Balancing personal and professional life
• Slowing down your pace at work for a while
Your plan will include objectives to be achieved and, once in place, your coach will follow up weekly or at a frequency appropriate to your situation, which will allow you to feel engaged and effectively supported. On a sustained basis and until your return to balance, you are accompanied by a single person who understands your distress and is able to provide you with tools and support in the integration of self-management techniques appropriate to your condition. This is not about leaving you alone in pain or intervening on an ad hoc basis. Forming an alliance with your coach, you are no longer alone. The added value of this assistance plan comes from the sustained and continuous support from your coach and thus meets a fundamental need of people in distress, that of feeling understood and supported. Coaching feels good psychologically and helps to restore psychological balance.
Your coach remains involved until the return to balance but he can also intervene later if needed. To reduce suffering, coaching is the tool you need.
Your coach is bound by confidentiality, the contract is between you and your coach. The employer is party to the contract to make its resources available to the coach-employee tandem. The employer facilitates recovery and helps by paying for the cost of the program.
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