Improve Your Personal Well-Being

Everyone experiences periods of stress. That is normal. Feeling constantly stressed and being consumed by it though can have negative consequences for your health, your life, your happiness. EAP can work with you to manage your stress and function better at work and at home.

Whether experiencing something desirable (e.g., birth of a child) or undesirable (e.g. relationship ends), we can be stressed, and benefit from talking to someone who can help us confront the stressor, and to cope effectively with it.  Contact EAP.

Personal relationships are important to our lives. Sometimes, our closest relationships go through periods of turbulence and unhappiness. This may affect our mood, and our work. Contact EAP for ideas on how to improve your relationship(s).

If you or a loved one are having bad things happen because of alcohol or drug use, it’s time to contact EAP.  We can offer ideas on how to deal with these concerns, and provide referrals to a program right for you.

Sometimes, you and another university employee will disagree about personal or work-related issues.  Disagreements are normal, but if your disagreement intensifies and makes work difficult, contact EAP for ideas to improve your working relationship.

EAP offers a free and confidential mediation service to university personnel dealing with interpersonal problems or workplace disputes in an informal, neutral setting.  For more information, contact Neil McGillicuddy nm23@buffalo.edu, or click the Resolve Conflict link.

Providing care to an older family member can be both rewarding and stressful. If you find that caregiving is consuming increasing amounts of your time and energy, you may be heading toward caregiver burnout. Consult with EAP for ideas on how to avoid burnout and resultant consequences.

EAP runs a monthly self-help group for caregivers; for more information, contact Sue Bagdasarian sb14@buffalo.edu.

Whether you are parenting a 10 week old, a 10 month old, a 10 year old, or 10 children, you may find your child, your child’s environment, or your role as a parent to be challenging. Contact EAP for ideas on how to overcome these challenges.

Bothered by feelings of sadness, anger, anxiety, irritability, or helplessness? Overwhelmed, preoccupied, having difficulty focusing?  Isolating yourself, withdrawing from activities, crying often? Talking to EAP can help.

Whether your health difficulty is acute or chronic, it may be having an immense impact on your overall functioning. Contacting EAP for ideas on how to overcome this stressor can be an important step in reclaiming your life.

EAP runs a monthly self-help group for those with chronic illness; for more information, contact Sue Bagdasarian sb14@buffalo.edu.

Work should not always be fun, but if there are factors that seem out of your control leading to unhappiness, schedule a meeting with your workplace behavioral specialist at EAP to discuss the concern, and perhaps problem solve ideas to remedy the situation.

EAP runs a monthly self-help group for those encountering workplace stress.  For more information, contact Neil McGillicuddy nm23@buffalo.edu.

You may be grieving after the loss of a loved one. Most people go through a series of stages while grieving, and the process will take a while. If, however, it seems that the grief is intense, not getting better, and not allowing for attention to other parts of life, contacting EAP may help you get back on track.

Moving into a new phase of life can be exciting! However, we also know that it can be stressful, and that it may even feel overwhelming.  Whether adjusting to a new town, new job, new supervisor, and/or new duties, stress is natural. Contact EAP to learn effective coping strategies when the stress gets to be too much, or maybe even proactively, before it becomes a problem.