Mental chat and sparri service to help you unburden your mind
Mental wellbeing digital service package Mental chat and sparri is a low-threshold, preventive service to strengthen mental health for Terveystalo's occupational health clients. The service aims to provide a channel for employees to unburden their minds as easily as possible, even from the comfort of their own home.
Things happen in the world that are out of our control, but we don't have to be alone with our worries. Fortunately, more and more people are seeking support for themselves.
– The changing world and the juggling act of working remotely and locally takes a toll on all of our mental strengths and demands flexibility and adaptability from the mind. Everyday worries can take even more of a toll now that the exceptional situation is still ongoing. Fortunately, the mind's capacity for flexibility and resilience can always be strengthened. Clearing the mind frees up energy for other things," says psychologist Tuija Turunen.
Why offer the Mental chat and sparri service for employees?
Low-threshold care for the well-being of the mind is proactive mental health work.
The aim of Mental chat and sparri digital services is to strengthen mental wellbeing skills together with the client, which increases the employee's psychological wellbeing and ability to cope with situations that stress the mind. The digital service improves accessibility and lowers the threshold for seeking support in a timely manner.
In addition, preventative support is a particularly cost-effective activity - investing in mental wellbeing upfront, before major problems arise, will ultimately save you money.
How does the Mental chat and sparri service work?
Terveystalo's Mental chat and sparri works through the Terveystalo app or online service. When an employee needs to solve things that weigh on his mind or find ways to cope with a stressful situation, he opens Mental chat in the remote services section of the application. Through the chat, the employee can contact the digital nurse at any time of the day and any day of the week. In Mental chat, a situational assessment of the employee's situation is made and they are directed to the right path, either to Mental sparri or, if necessary, occupational health.
The actual conversation and work takes place in complete peace in Mental sparri, which is a video reception with an expert in mental well-being. The experts providing service are either psychologists or psychotherapists. In Mental sparri, you can focus on strengthening, for example, stress management methods, skills in recognizing and regulating emotions, managing and decompressing stressful situations, and other ways of taking care of yourself.
What kind of things can be handled in the service?
Mental chat and sparri service package is preventive support for mental well-being. The service can be contacted, for example, if an employee wants to:
- Strengthens its resources
- Dealing with stressful things that come up in life
- Tools for stress management and coping
- Ways to cope with difficult situations at work and outside
- More ways to cope with a wide range of emotions and situations.
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