Personal Benefits of an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Employee Assistance Programs are a relatively new benefit for the Romanian market, but are enjoying increasing adoption among employers, but especially among employees.

This benefit is one granted by the employer to its own staff, but in the case of the programs offered by EAP Romania, this benefit is extended to family members also.

Through an EAP (Employee Assistance Program) service, both employees and their family members have access to counselling services in several specialized areas, such as:

- personal counselling (including psychological, couples therapy or parenting)

- financial - tax advice

- legal advice

- wellbeing sessions

The most important benefits of using an EAP service would be:

1. In the case of the service offered by EAP Romania the number of accessible sessions is unlimited, which is a very big advantage, because in certain situations a single counselling session is not enough. All meetings are strictly confidential, so you don't have to worry that the situations you're having will reach the ears of your employer or colleagues.

2. Most of the time when faced with a certain situation that requires the support of a specialist, we spend a lot of time looking for the right person. The consultants you have access to are carefully selected by EAP Romania, and this means time saved for you.

3. The fact that the benefits package is extended to the family, contributes in a sustained way to increasing the overall and implicit well-being balance between work and personal life. In some situations, it is family members who are experiencing a problem, and this can influence everyone around them. Through the EAP service they can talk to a specialist who can help them with the situation.

4. Access to the service is very easy and is done on a request basis, and counselling sessions can be conducted by phone, online or even face-to-face depending on the preferences of each person.

Through EAP services, most applicants manage to overcome momentary situations and improve their well-being. This increases the balance between personal and professional life.

As mentioned at the beginning of the article, through the service offered by EAP Romania the beneficiaries can access an unlimited number of sessions, thus being able to address various topics that require several counseling sessions and thus a longer resolution period.

More details about EAP services and the results you can record with their help can be found here.