The Politics of Staff Counselling

Abstract

Commonly, staff support is conceived of in terms of counselling. Centres on counselling as a form of staff support, and questions the idea that it can be realistically offered within work settings. The idea that a short course plus some unsupervised practice might adequately prepare a person to counsel others is rejected. A second issue discussed is: who should undertake psychological staff support within work settings – managers, personnel staff, occupational health‐care staff or external counsellors? Counselling and guidance are distinguished as different forms of staff support which may be combined. Three major areas of guidance are identified – vocational, health and welfare, financial and legal.

Citation

Ashton, F. (1994), "The Politics of Staff Counselling", Employee Counselling Today, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 16-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665629410060461