Providing an EAP service and identifying it as a separate line of business is cost effective and consistent with a strategic "Best Practice" direction. In the Brief Therapy Research/Data by Bill O'Hanlon, M.S., Summer 1987 report: we can see where the results of early intervention coupled with brief solution-focused counseling make significant decreases in work life problems while increasing productivity in the work place.
- Broad Brush EAP services will conservatively divert the 40% of our population that have been statistically shown to need 6-8 sessions of behavioral mental health care.
- Of this 40%, 75% will complete counseling without ever utilizing the behavioral mental health component.
- Clients average duration of therapy is 5-8 sessions in both private practice and community mental health centers, regardless of the theoretical orientation or techniques used by the clinician.
- Clients generally expect to stay in therapy about 6-10 sessions and not longer than 3 months.
- EAPs produced a 60% reduction in turnover for their clients who were treated for psychiatric conditions.
- EAPs created a long-term reduction of up to 34% in medical benefits claims for physical problems.
When on the job, employees had a 65% decrease in accidents, 60% decrease in absenteeism and lost time, and a 75% decrease in lost time over discussions of personal problems.
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