Work Ability Support
Sigmund Freud, the great mind in psychology and therapy, summed up mental health as the ability to love and to work. Accordingly, work ability should be considered not only as physical capability and a sense of coping, but also from social and psychological points of view. We all have the need to consider ourselves important and as a valuable part of the society, meaning that if our work ability weakens, other aspects of life will also be afflicted.
At the latest, the ability to work should be examined and attended to when work appears to consume too much energy. A conversation with a professional may provide help if the impacts of work-related challenges on your personal life or on a functional work community seem too great.
The risks for work ability may surface in many different forms, for instance:
- weakened motivation, underperformance
- thoughts of worry, highlighted negativity
- long term or intense stress, sleep disorders
- sense of disappointment, fears
- anxiety, depression
- various physical symptoms, excessive absence from work
- substance abuse for elevating mood
- indifference, increase in mistakes
- tensions and conflicts in work community
- sense of being alone, withdrawal
- difficulties in work commitment
- challenges in management tasks and coping
- in organisational changes and crises
The challenges for the ability to work and study have great similarities. Therefore, the work ability support in your case may be encouragement for your studies, by using conversational guidance to secure your study progress. The aim of counselling is to set goals that will be reached by steps we will determine together.
Examining work ability, and mending it, is mental coaching that I provide with a solution-focused approach. My knowledge is based on my educational and teaching background and for work ability support I will also utilise my studies in neuropsychiatric coaching, brief therapy and work ability coordination. We will determine the objectives and you will define the number of sessions that will take place. If preferred, discussions can also take place online. The conversations are confidential.
For companies, I offer work ability support for each specific situation, in both Finnish and English. Business coaching may, for example, mean examining the work of and providing guidance for an individual employee or supervisor, single sessions of brief therapy in order to support the members of the staff, or psychological first-aid to diffuse a crisis that has occurred in the workplace. Together we can set the goals for our business cooperation - please be in touch in order to agree on the route to follow.
Due to my knowledge of the field, the work ability of teachers is close to my heart; OAJ members receive a 10 percent discount on discussion assistance.
