EAP Services Delivered by General Practice Counselors May Fail to Provide Job Focus

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Mental Health & Chemical Dependency Services The bulk of employee assistance program (EAP) services are delivered by contractual networks of counseling “affiliates” who perceive themselves to be “general practitioners” as opposed to EAP practitioners. Many of these general practitioners have little or no training in the core components of EAP work, such as the impact of employee personal problems on job performance and occupational life. These are findings of a report entitled “General Mental Health Practitioners as EAP Network Affiliates: Does EAP Short-Term Counseling Overlap with General Practice Psychotherapy?” by David A. Sharar, Ph . . .