Mens Room

[Western Sharkie]

Who gets paid by your employer.

Anyone paid by your employer works for them, not you. Not saying they'll break confidentiality or anything illegal but they're hired to solve problems & you're always gonna be the part of the problem most easily gotten rid of.

Yeah, nah.
Not sure that’s the angle I would take but each to their own.

Employers provide these services for the benefit of their employees as a good corporate citizen and there are huge fines and repercussions for the employer IF they were to get rid of someone in those circumstances (I’d be naive to say it couldn’t happen especially in smaller businesses but they would still be in some serious doodoo if the individual wanted to take it further).

Not sure who @ThePunisher works for and he would need to be comfortable approaching them anyway but again you can’t just tar everyone with the same brush.

Employers also benefit in the long run by providing these services and help create happier and stable employees (and no, it’s not 100% successful admittedly).

 

[Capital_Shark]

Employers provide these services for the benefit of their employees as a good corporate citizen

I find that hilarious. How much corporate ****ery is exposed & you buy that bullshit still?

 

[Western Sharkie]

I find that hilarious. How much corporate ****ery is exposed & you buy that bullshit still?

Happy to have a less cynical view

 

[HaroldBishop]

Thats my thoughts too
I can talk here because im pretty much anonymous and dont feel judged as result

Depends. I shared a few issues I was having with my boss a few years ago. They were affecting my work and I knew he had my back. Depends on the situation I guess.

 

[HaroldBishop]

This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend
The end of our elaborate plans
The end of everything that stands

Don't worry, just getting deep into the Doors....and beers.

 

[GF78]

Definitely not judged Punisher. As my mother always says, a problem shared is a problem halved.

Or do as the fairer sex does, a problem shared with all their girlfriends is a problem 1/16th. Blokes are only starting to share......a wee bit. Smartest thing the girls do is get in a pack and talk a problem to death and a clear path forward is agreed. Pretty amazing that share gene they possess.

 

[GF78]

I believe we are in good hands with the young generation. Walking past a train station exit & two blokes came out (late teens) - I sensed they were just knock about mates. One turned and walked in my direction, the other in the opposite direction. Mate in front of me turned and said in a 100% non sexual way "Love you Steve" bloke behind me returned with "Love you too mate". It was like how I would farewell my sister. I thought we have come aong way, young blokes looking after each other.

 

[Sparkles]

I believe we are in good hands with the young generation. Walking past a train station exit & two blokes came out (late teens) - I sensed they were just knock about mates. One turned and walked in my direction, the other in the opposite direction. Mate in front of me turned and said in a 100% non sexual way "Love you Steve" bloke behind me returned with "Love you too mate". It was like how I would farewell my sister. I thought we have come aong way, young blokes looking after each other.

Love you, GF78

 

[Vichyssoise]

And with all due apologies for imposing this awful piece of "music" on you all...

 

[Gumby]

Just had my third hypnotherapy session. Really starting to now see the difference it’s making.

 

[Flanno]

I find that hilarious. How much corporate ****ery is exposed & you buy that bullshit still?

Contact EAP always sounds like “you got issues, I don’t wanna know, go chat to someone else”. It’s just ticking boxes most of the time. Not saying it is in every case but I always laugh when I see EAP listed as a benefit to work somewhere. It should only be a last resort.

People can get 10 free mental health visits through Medicare anyway.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Contact EAP always sounds like “you got issues, I don’t wanna know, go chat to someone else”. It’s just ticking boxes most of the time. Not saying it is in every case but I always laugh when I see EAP listed as a benefit to work somewhere. It should only be a last resort.

People can get 10 free mental health visits through Medicare anyway.

“People can get 10 free mental health visits through Medicare anyway”

“Free” in theory but how many professional psychologists (ones worth seeing anyway) accept just “Medicare” payments for their services?

I know for a fact that the Medicare contribution only covers between a half to a third of the overall session cost (for a specialist worth seeing) and 10 sessions annually is not enough for those in need.

Why do know?
I take a family member to fortnightly sessions!

 

[bort]

“People can get 10 free mental health visits through Medicare anyway”

“Free” in theory but how many professional psychologists (ones worth seeing anyway) accept just “Medicare” payments for their services?

I know for a fact that the Medicare contribution only covers between a half to a third of the overall session cost (for a specialist worth seeing) and 10 sessions annually is not enough for those in need.

Why do know?
I take a family member to fortnightly sessions!

Probably free when the scheme was introduced and then just never increased.
I get the chronic condition one and it covers a decent amount of the cost but it ain’t free… better than nothing though

 

[Capital_Shark]

Contact EAP always sounds like “you got issues, I don’t wanna know, go chat to someone else”. It’s just ticking boxes most of the time. Not saying it is in every case but I always laugh when I see EAP listed as a benefit to work somewhere. It should only be a last resort.

People can get 10 free mental health visits through Medicare anyway.

My issues were accessibility & physical instead of mental but in a decade at a federal department I only heard about EAP after they surprised me at 3:20pm on a Thursday with a cabcharge telling me to go home because their people (3rd party provider with huge government contracts so totally independent lol) decided it was all too high risk. I'm not gonna get into it now but my heightened risk factor coincided with someone thinking they were being helpful & making noise on my behalf. I'd done well to shutup & blend in without any problems until then.

Exploring my options after that I was told to tear that EAP **** up. Hardly gonna bite the hand that feeds them to side with me on anything.

 

[bort]

My issues were accessibility & physical instead of mental but in a decade at a federal department I only heard about EAP after they surprised me at 3:20pm on a Thursday with a cabcharge telling me to go home because their people (3rd party provider with huge government contracts so totally independent lol) decided it was all too high risk. I'm not gonna get into it now but my heightened risk factor coincided with someone thinking they were being helpful & making noise on my behalf. I'd done well to shutup & blend in without any problems until then.

Exploring my options after that I was told to tear that EAP **** up. Hardly gonna bite the hand that feeds them to side with me on anything.

I got a similar response from the mods here, except for the opposite reason

 

[Six Again]

“People can get 10 free mental health visits through Medicare anyway”

“Free” in theory but how many professional psychologists (ones worth seeing anyway) accept just “Medicare” payments for their services?

I know for a fact that the Medicare contribution only covers between a half to a third of the overall session cost (for a specialist worth seeing) and 10 sessions annually is not enough for those in need.

Why do know?
I take a family member to fortnightly sessions!

Is it still 10 MH visits under Medicare , I thought it had been reduced back to 5 per annum by current government post Covid .

 

[HaroldBishop]

Is it still 10 MH visits under Medicare , I thought it had been reduced back to 5 per annum by current government post Covid .

I think that's right. And were they free? When I went a few years ago it wasn't, but was pretty close. I think I only paid something like $15 for each session out of $220.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Is it still 10 MH visits under Medicare , I thought it had been reduced back to 5 per annum by current government post Covid .

Pretty sure 10 sessions

I think that's right. And were they free? When I went a few years ago it wasn't, but was pretty close. I think I only paid something like

$15 for each session out of $220.

But we are more than 2/3rds out of pocket on a $220 session.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Pretty sure 10 sessions



But we are more than 2/3rds out of pocket on a $220 session.

Yeah that's what I'm saying, wasn't free but pretty close.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Yeah that's what I'm saying, wasn't free but pretty close.

Nah
Opposite
We are majority out of pocket