All About Johns Hopkins mySupport Employee Assistance Program
Emotional distress and challenging life events can affect employees’ well-being and their performance at work. mySupport, Johns Hopkins’ expanded employee assistance program, provides professional assistance when stress or other concerns impact faculty, staff, and their family members. mySupport services are free and confidential and help employees address problems of daily living and enhance their emotional well-being. mySupport also provides guidance and resources to managers so they can better support their employees. This workshop offers an overview of mySupport’s services, which are available to JHU and JHHS faculty and staff and their family members.
Helping Managers Recognize and Respond to Depression in the Workplace
Relationship or work challenges, grief and loss, or local or national crises can leave us feeling blue. This sadness is a normal part of the human experience. When a range of other symptoms accompany the sadness and last for weeks instead of days, the “blues” may have developed into clinical depression. Depression often impacts multiple areas of life, including productivity and behavior at work. Join a mySupport Clinician to learn about depression, its impact on the workplace, and how managers can help employees whose work performance may be affected by depression.
Strategies for Managing Stress in Challenging Times
Too much stress can leave us feeling frazzled and fatigued, whether due to events in our personal lives, changes at work, national crises, or all three. Clinicians from the mySupport Onsite Clinical Team will discuss how Johns Hopkins’ employee assistance program (mySupport) helps stressed employees and their family members, describe common reactions to stress, and share tools for healthy coping. After completing this session, participants will be able to 1) understand the full range of mySupport services; 2) describe the ways stress shows up in our lives; 3) identify tools for healthy coping and thriving during challenging times.
Promoting Emotional Well-Being in the Workplace
Clinicians from the mySupport Onsite Clinical Team will share information about the Johns Hopkins’ employee assistance program (mySupport) and strategies for managing stress in a healthy way and for nurturing a psychologically healthy work environment. Clinicians will also explore ways that participants can manage a healthy work-life balance. After completing this session, participants will be able to 1) understand the full-range of mySupport services; 2) recognize how promoting emotional well-being in the workplace benefits everyone; 3) identify strategies for promoting a healthy work environment and managing stress; and 4) discuss ways to manage a healthy work-life mix.
Understanding and Treating Depression
Relationship or work challenges, grief and loss, or local or national crises can leave us feeling blue. This sadness is a normal part of the human experience. When a range of other symptoms accompany the sadness and last for weeks instead of days, the “blues” may have developed into clinical depression, a medical disorder that affects approximately 11 million American adults each year. Join a mySupport Clinician to learn about the risk factors, signs, and symptoms of clinical depression, as well as effective treatment options for you or someone you care about.