EAP Sentry is a free news letter published three times per year and available to Santa Clara County Employees. The articles that comprise the EAP Sentry explore a wide range of life problems, challenges and solutions. Many articles contain helpful resources and self-assessment tools to help readers decide on a positive course of action.
Below are samples of the kind of articles contained in the EAP Sentry that have been contributed by the Santa Clara County EAP staff.
This article describes many varieties of verbal abuse such as withholding, countering, discounting, accusing and blaming, trivializing, undermining, threatening, forgetting, judging and criticizing. The intent of verbal abuse is to unsettle the recipient and to help the abuser stay on top in a power struggle.
Losing someone or something you care about is painful. And grief is the normal , natural and necessary response to loss. Everyone feels a major loss at some point in life.
Alcoholism is an illness that casts a shadow over everything it touches. It affects individuals, their spouses and children, their work, and society in general.
Physical violence in the home has recently received a lot of media coverage. Many communities have worked hard to develop strict laws and provide physical and emotional resources for families affected by domestic violence.
Retirement is an important transition. Transitions are times of change in our lives and are inevitable - normal transitions include leaving home, marriage, becoming parents, graduation, taking a new job, losing a job, or death of a loved one.
An unhappy marriage. Unruly kids. A stressful job. Life can present many difficult and unsettling challenges that leave someone feeling victimized. Do any of the following apply to you?
If the task becomes too difficult, ask for help from the EAP
Honoring our parents is an innate virtue for most of us. But as our parents age, the task can become a real challenge.
Alcoholism is an illness that casts a shadow over everything it touches. It affects individuals, their spouses and children, their work, and society in general.
Conflict with your supervisor can mean trouble. It can mean feeling stressed at work, demoralized and discouraged about your career, or worried about losing your job. Here are some ideas for working well with your supervisor.
The County of Santa Clara has avoided some of the proposed layoffs for Fiscal Year 2008. However, over the next few years, we are likely to have an on-going struggle with budget deficits. Job uncertainties and actual budget cuts take an emotional as well as practical toll on employees.
You may already be aware that the County of Santa Clara Employee Assistance Program provides confidential counseling for county employees, spouses/significant others and family members.
By now, most of you probably know that the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides free, confidential counseling to employees of the County. What you may not know is that EAP provides many other services.
Here are a couple of examples of employees and family members who came to the county EAP for help. Their names and key identifying information have been changed.
The Situation: Your parents are getting older and are declining physically and/or cognitively. They need your help.
The Reality: Typically a crisis (stroke, heart attack, pneumonia, broken hip, automobile accident, loss of driver’s license, or parental wandering) will break the family denial about Mom or Dad’s declining health. You may be facing this situation while you are still raising your own children or just when you have been contemplating a carefree retirement.
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