{"id":24363,"date":"2021-02-18T15:57:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T14:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=24363"},"modified":"2021-03-05T10:23:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T09:23:25","slug":"the-employee-advisory-service-also-helps-with-stress-management-and-burnout-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2021\/02\/the-employee-advisory-service-also-helps-with-stress-management-and-burnout-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Counseling Service helps manage stress and burnout"},"content":{"rendered":"

The<\/span> Employee Counselng Service <\/span>is available since December <\/span>2020<\/span> organized by the Semmelweis Health Development Center and the Institute of Behavioural Sciences. Its <\/span>primary <\/span>aim is to provide support for university employees in case <\/span>of<\/span> life management difficulties, as well as problems related to stress and burnout.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"The counseling service provides psychological assistance to university staff and provides support\u00a0 to effectively deal with everyday challenges. <\/span>University staff members may turn to the counseling service <\/span> not only with <\/span>psychological <\/span>problem<\/span>s<\/span> that <\/span>are <\/span>related to <\/span>work<\/span> performance, but with other issues making work <\/span>difficult.<\/span> Such problems are <\/span>for example<\/span>: the difficulties of handling stress and anxiety; relationship problems; time management issues; difficulties with family members; problems related to grief or sickness ; search for a professional identity; uncertainty and difficulties in decision-making. The Employee Conseling Service also provides help to cope with the emotional consequences of increased workload related to the COVID-19 epidemic and to handle associated stress. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe existence of the coun<\/span>seling<\/span> service and the actual need are also shown by the fact that there are colleagues working within the university who <\/span>also <\/span>visit our Psychosomatic <\/span>Outpatient Department,<\/span> which is open to anyone. They ask for psychological help, there <\/span>are no<\/span> mental disorders in their case, so there is no need for psychotherapy and psychiatrist intervention, but they have already developed depressing, stress-related <\/span>blocks that <\/span>need to be <\/span>dealt with. The basic idea of the Employee Advisory Service was formulated along these experiences\u201d, highlighted Dr. Gy\u00f6rgy Purebl, Head of the <\/span>Institute of Behavioural Sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the experiences of Dr. Gy\u00f6rgy Purebl, there are basically two factors that make people turn to a specialist. <\/span>One is when the situation starts to become unbearable and there comes a \u201clast straw\u201d. In the other case, they are convinced by the good experiences of a friend or colleague in counseling.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Dr. Adrienne Kegye, the purpose of counseling is to enable those who turn to them to look at their own problems, to deal with their own situation, thoughts, <\/span>emotions<\/span> and to have a <\/span>sort<\/span> of change <\/span>of their <\/span>attitude.<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides individual consultations, the Employee Counseling Service provides group psychology services as well, such as stress handling group services, group services for the prevention of burnout, Mindfulness groups <\/span>and groups for case discussion. In<\/span> the latter, psychologically burdensome cases can be discussed, regardless of specialization.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zsuzsa Borb\u00e9ly
\nPhoto: Attila Kov\u00e1cs \u2013 Semmelweis University
\nTranslation: Katalin Ill\u00e9s-Romh\u00e1nyi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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