In the Hot Seat: Q&A with Sandie Dennis, Founder of Beyond EAP
February 28, 2024
With Beyond EAP’s 10th anniversary approaching, I found myself reflecting on the many employees we’ve supported in a variety of different situations. As I reflected, something interesting occurred to me. We ask so many questions in the course of our therapy work, so why ...
Why Does Your Employee Keep Resisting Support?
January 31, 2024
Addressing Secondary Gain: A Guide for HR Professionals
As an HR professional, you might have experienced the following scenario. A line manager talks to you in confidence about an employee whom they feel needs extra help. Yet when you approach the employee to offer the required support, they aren’t as receptive as y...
What Really Happens in a Beyond EAP Therapy Session?
January 4, 2024
What Really Happens in a Beyond EAP Therapy Session?
Partly due to the necessary confidentiality that surrounds it, therapy can feel like a mysterious practice in which all kinds of strange things take place behind closed doors. As such, there can be some misconceptions about what therapy sessions involve. I’ve pe...
An alternative view on new motherhood and work
July 3, 2023
“It feels like some phases will never end... but don’t worry, they will.”
It can be difficult to speak openly about the pressures of new motherhood and work.From the moment you tell your employer that you’re expecting, it’s easy to feel as though you’re letting them down.Then, once your baby is born – and it feels as though your entire wor...
The Seven Key Pillars of Health and Wellbeing
June 1, 2023
In today’s society, we have come to understand that the word “health” doesn’t solely describe our physical state.
“Health” can also refer to the emotional, mental, and even social aspects of ourselves (as many of us discovered during lockdown!)It is the combination of these crucial factors that paint a comprehensive picture of our health and wellbeing.Many employees have been referr...
How to Recognise Situational Depression
May 3, 2023
Do you recognise different forms of depression?
Perhaps you weren’t aware that there was more than one form. Yet throughout lockdown, you may have unexpectedly gone through what many people refer to as ‘down’ days.Unsurprisingly, this is a subject I’ve heard a lot about over the past weeks. Several of the employee...
Alcohol as Self-Medication. How to Spot the Signs
April 3, 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world in numerous ways.
One of the most significant changes we have noted at Beyond EAP is that more employees have turned to substances like alcohol, to help them cope with life’s daily demands.When we think about all the brandnew challenges Covid-19 brought, this may not seem surprising. Sudde...
How to Speak to Someone Who Is Grieving
January 5, 2023
When I was seventeen, my best friend’s Mum died from cancer.Sadly, she had had the illness for a long time, which gave me some space to think about how I would support my friend when she needed me the most.But when the tragic time finally came, I felt totally unprepared.It...
Beyond EAP: A Year in Review 2022
December 4, 2022
2022 has been a year of memorable ups and downs.
The good news is that the world gained greater control of the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet the outbreak of war in Ukraine, coupled with unprecedented rises to the cost of living, have presented challenges on a global scale.
Happi...
What are the Benefits of Counselling in the Workplace?
August 1, 2022
Does the idea of counselling in the workplace strike you as strange? Perhaps, you may think, the terms are a little oxymoronic. From our experience at Beyond EAP, many employers believe that any problems should be left at home. Why? P...
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