1. The primary purpose of an employee assistance program is to provide psychotherapy services to employees.
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2. EAPs sometimes charge service fees.
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3. EAPs are confidential, but if the employee assistance professional believes it is helpful, he or she may phone to speak to your supervisor without a release to learn more about you and your performance issues. That's because your supervisor referred you to the EAP, and therefore already knows you are participating.
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4. EAPs deal with personal problems that affect the work situation. But if you have a personal problem that does not interfere with work, it is still appropriate to bring these types of personal problems to the EAP.
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5. If your supervisor refers you to the EAP, it means that you have a personal problem.
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6. The personnel department is provided notification of your participation in the EAP because they need to know what benefit programs are utilized by employees. But this is still confidential.
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7. The EAP is a good resource to help you to improve your performance in the event you get a bad performance review or evaluation, even if no personal problem exists.
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8. Conflicts between coworkers and between employees and their supervisors are not uncommon in the workplace. Unfortunately, the EAP does not address these kinds of concerns because they are very political in nature.
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9. If you disclose to the EAP that you have an alcohol or drug use problem, the EA professional is obligated to inform management because this is a serious problem with potential risk for all concerned.
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10. When you are referred to the EAP by your supervisor for ongoing job performance problems, you are still free to refuse the referral.
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11. Most employees who visit the EAP have no performance problems and are not referred by supervisors or managers.
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12. If you are a "self-referring" employee, and don't want to visit the EAP in person, you can still make a phone call to speak with the employee assistance professional. It is helpful, but it is not required that you meet with the EA professional in person.
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13. If you disagree with a recommendation made by the employee assistance professional, you are free not to accept his or her recommendation.
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14. Some problems are not appropriate for the EAP. For example, legal problems, problems with landlords, in-laws, etc. After all, the EAP can't have an answer to every problem.
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15. If you are having performance problems at work, and your supervisor is planning a disciplinary action, participation in the EAP will protect you from the disciplinary action as long as you are cooperative with its recommendations.
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