Safety, Health, and Wellness

  • EAP "Frontline Employee" October Newsletter

    Featured in this month’s edition:

    Maintaining Wellness Under High-Stress – “Fifteen to 20 percent of adults report high job stress, but these same employees are less likely to participate in wellness programs…”

    Stress Management: Discover Your “Flow” - “One important stress management technique is detachment… One powerful and healthy way to detach that you may not have heard of is ‘flow activity.’

    2016 Political Talk at Work – “Political discussions on the job cause many employees to feel stressed, argumentative, and less productive…”

    Other topics in this edition:

    •  Good-to-Know Soft Skills: Conflict Resolution
    • Mental Health of College Students

    • Can’t Make It to the Gym? Plant Petunias!

    • Interacting with Autistic Persons

    • Meth User in the Family!

    For the full October 2016 edition of “Frontline Employee”, or to learn more about UConn EAP visit our webpage: http://hr.uconn.edu/employee-assistance-program/

    Your EAP provides professional, brief counseling – on campus, plus 27 locations statewide - to help identify and resolve personal, family or work related concerns. Employee Assistance is:

    • Free!

    • Household Members too!

    MANAGERS – Just So You Know… EAP is also available by invitation to meet with departments, programs or other groups to discuss and process areas of common concern.

    To schedule a private appointment, call:

    (860) 486-1307 Storrs

    (800) 852-4392 Statewide - 24 hours (Toll-free in CT)

    For more information, contact: Gary Alger at gary.alger@uconn.edu