Employee Assistance Program

To make an appointment, call 49-47707.

When you visit the Employee Assistance Program, you will meet with an EAP professional for an initial assessment to discuss the problem you are facing and to develop options for addressing it. Based upon your initial assessment, the EAP professional will help you determine the best way to address your problem. This may include up to ten visits with the EAP professional, or you may be referred to another local agency or resource.

Employees are entitled to go to the first appointment in paid status. All other appointments are to be taken as either sick leave or vacation. To make an appointment, call 49-47707 or stop by our office at 501 Hayes Street, 8 a.m.-noon or 1-5 p.m. 

We provide individual drug/alcohol assessments accompanied by a referral to a certified substance abuse counselor.  Employees who require an IOP will be referred to one of our current vendors.

Employees are entitled to go to the first appointment in paid status. All other appointments are to be taken as either sick leave or vacation. To make an appointment, call 49-47707 or stop by our office at 501 Hayes Street, 8 a.m.-noon or 1-5 p.m. 

We provide consultation regarding specific employee problems.  We respond to and assess for potentially traumatic events which may include suicide, anger and violence, abusive situations, sudden death or grief and loss.

Supervisors may use EAP services as a resource for guidance and assistance in dealing with a troubled employee, enhancing the work environment, improving job performance, and reducing risk.  The EAP can coach supervisors on the appropriate use of constructive confrontation and situations that may warrant an EAP referral.  Supervisors can refer an employee to the program, or employees may use the program on their own initiative.

We provide consultation and education about human activities that can lead to costly behavior risks for individual departments.  We can help increase awareness of the risk of alcohol and drug abuse, the high cost of depression in the workplace, the risk of ineffective communication in dealing with angry hostile people, or any other activities and behaviors that lead to lowered productivity or loss of resources. 

Web Resources

Visit the WorkLife Programs Resource Center for Web links on a variety of mental health topics, including:

• ADD/ADHD
• Depression
• Domestic Violence
• General Mental Health
• Grief
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Suicide Prevention

Mental Health Association of Tippecanoe County

Brochures

We offer a brochures on a variety of topics.  Click here to access our Resource Request Form. 

Addiction:  This packet of brochures provides information about all types of addiction, including drugs and alcohol. 

Anger Management:  If you are ready to get your anger under control, this brochure walks you through four steps: admitting it, exploring it, expressing it, and dropping it. 

Children & Divorce:  Learn about the effects of divorce on children and ways to help them. 

Depression:  This packet of brochures covers a variety of topics, including types of depression, symptoms, treatment options, and ways to help yourself or a depressed loved one. 

Domestic Violence:  This brochure provides first steps for developing a plan to get away before or during an attack and things to do after leaving. 

Improving Self-Esteem: Nobody is born with low self-esteem; it’s something that is learned.  This brochure offers information about the causes of low self-esteem and suggestions for how to increase self-esteem. 

Parenting & Positive Discipline: Establish a “win-win” family by following the guidelines in this brochure.

EAP services are free of charge. There may be some cost involved if you are referred to another agency or resource; these costs will be discussed on an individual basis. If your presenting problem is covered by the Purdue Health Plan, you will be referred to a provider in the Health Plan network. EAP funding may be available for services not covered by Purdue’s Health Plan.

All information gathered in counseling, including the fact that you have come to the EAP, will be kept confidential, in compliance with professional ethical codes and state and federal laws.  The EAP also complies with current federal regulations in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Please refer to the Notice of Privacy Practices for Purdue Health Care Providers for detailed information about client rights under HIPAA. Exceptions to these guidelines are:

• Instances in which there is imminent danger of serious harm to you or to others because of your actions and
• Information from you that there is child abuse or other dependent abuse occurring either by you or someone you know.

EAP professionals must reveal information to prevent harms of these types.

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