Mental health often goes to the wayside, but it should be a #1 priority.
If you want to know how to promote mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, these 6 mental health employee resources and mental health benefits are a good place to start.
Why Are Employee Mental Health Resources Important?
Rising mental health issues are one of the biggest challenges Americans are facing. In fact, mental health problems have a huge impact on productivity—with an estimated cost of $1 trillion per year in lost productivity due to anxiety and depression across the world, according to the WHO.
Mental health isn't just about what is diagnosable, though. About 77% of people have experienced burnout at their current job—undoubtedly in direct link with employee mental health.
There is no avoiding the fact that poor mental health impacts our work. That's where mental health employee resources come in!
Mental Health Employee Resources Your Business Can Provide
Wondering how to promote mental health and wellbeing in the workplace?
In short, it is best to provide a variety of tools for employees to use so they can address their unique mental health needs best. This can look like employee counseling, group meditation classes, and even financial coaching.
The following are 6 mental health benefits and workplace mental health resources that can help support employees.
1. Teletherapy
Contrary to popular belief, employee counseling is for everybody. Anyone can benefit from therapy! If you experience stress, anxiety, changing moods, relationship problems, or any other challenges, you can benefit from therapy. And chances are your employees want it, too!
Therapy is not always clinical in nature. You don't need a diagnosis to see a therapist.
Read our article on therapy myths for more on common misconceptions about counseling.
Your company has an opportunity to connect people to counseling services. You can do this by providing an EAP or employee mental health app like Nivati.
2. Meditation
Meditation isn't just for the spiritual masters! Meditating is as simple: it is focusing on one particular thing.
A common way to meditate is to follow along to guided meditations. Check out this 7-minute guided meditation featuring one of our practitioners.
You can provide employees access to meditation apps like Headspace or Calm. Or provide your employees access to live guided meditation sessions and recorded sessions with Nivati.
3. Fitness Classes
Yoga, Pilates, HIIT... there are so many fitness options!
Gym memberships only go so far. Employees want to connect with someone that can coach them and help them on their fitness journey.
Connect employees with online or in-person fitness classes.
Studies have found time and time again that people that exercise more are happier, less stressed, sleep better, and are more productive.
4. Financial Coaching
According to the APA, about 72% of Americans feel stressed about money at least once in the prior month.
Financial coaching can help employees get on the right track, build a budget, invest in their future, and ease their anxiety.
Ramsey Solutions provides tons of financial resources—many of them for free!
5. Massage
Now that the world is opening up again, hire a company to bring massage therapists into your office!
Employees love knowing that their employer cares for their wellbeing—this is a great way to do just that.
Onsite massage is just one of the options, though. We invented virtual massage—a technique where a massage therapist guides an employee through a personal massage over a live video streaming service.
6. Educational Mental Health Sessions and Dialogues
It is so important for employees to know they are not alone in their mental health struggles.
Our client Homie has the whole company meet once a week to have an open dialogue about mental health. They are big on supporting one another on their mental health journeys!
You can also teach your managers how to spot signs that an employee is struggling with mental health, or even teach them some basic employee counseling techniques. Providing all of the previously mentioned resources can help employees take care of their mental fitness proactively.
Nivati—The All-In-One Employee Mental Health App
Looking for an EAP that ties all of these into one package? Nivati may be the solution for you! EAPs have many benefits—they can help reduce sick days, reduce burnout, and increase productivity.
We are the #Un-EAP—because we offer all the benefits of an EAP (and so much more!) without all the drawbacks and headaches. We are the all-in-one employee wellbeing app. All of our clients have their very own Client Success Manager, who will walk with you as your company creates a culture that prioritizes mental health.
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