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Mental Health
Mental health: trauma psychologist
In addition to focusing on medical health care, investing in and making mental health care accessible is very important for companies. A company that cares for the mental health of its employees contributes to the safety and well-being of their employees, which can affect employee performance, motivation and loyalty.
Employees working abroad enter a very different daily life. These changes can have a strong emotional and psychological impact. Working in a high-pressure environment, with long hours, far from family and friends, can also lead to burnout or even trauma.
Working in a high-risk environment can cause feelings of anxiety, isolation and constant alertness. Confronting aggression, an accident, a disaster or other drastic events always creates a mental wound.
When a company pays attention to the mental health of its employees, employees feel supported and heard. In high-risk and sometimes isolating circumstances, this is very important. It gives them a sense of security and connection to the company. Not only does this help ensure that projects run smoothly, but it also contributes to the sustainable employability of employees working in challenging environments.
Attention to mental well-being can be given in several ways:
- Prior to an employee’s deployment, attention can be paid to mental well-being, for example, by providing information on dealing with stress.
- During the deployment, regular virtual check-ins can happen with a counselor, psychologist, so that employees always have a point of contact for theirmental well-being.
- In the event a drastic, shocking experience occurs, a trauma psychologist can provide on-site first aid. This first step can make a big difference in a person’s recovery from a traumatic event. In some cases, specialized aftercare may be wise, depending on the severity and duration of symptoms.
- Aftercare when employees return is designed both to help employees adjust to the home situation and also to provide specialized trauma counseling.
The Corporate Travel Clinic is pleased to share with you that it has added a trauma psychologist to its team. This trauma psychologist is available 24/7 for telephone consultation. Also, this psychologist can be dispatched to your projects abroad in the event of a traumatic event.
Mental health: preventive screening
The Corporate Travel Clinic has also developed a preventive program, in cooperation with an external party, in the area of mental health. This module involves not only a screening in the mental area, but also the possibility of treatment if the preventive screening assessment calls for it. We offer this module on an individual level, but also for groups, departments or even an entire company.
If you would like to know more about our trauma psychologist or our new module, please contact Rik van Peperstaten, business developer (010-8201131) or send an email to rvanpeperstraten@travelclinic.com or world@travelclinic.com.