Carol Sussal

This article describes the way the employee assistance program (EAP) meets profound unconscious needs in the work force. British object relations theory will be used to analyze how the employee assistance program provides a feeling of safety, opportunities for reparation, good enough mothering, and holding. Case examples will illustrate how this happens.

Short term, lunch hour groups of broad topical ap- peal have multiple functions in a workplace setting. They provide a means for reaching out, can develop informal networks in a large bureaucracy, have a preventive function, and may provide mutual aid. In this article, the group program established for federal enlployees as part of the Federal Employee Counseling Service in New York City is shown to bc an essential component of the total service.

This article describes the way the employee assistance program (EAP) meets profound unconscious needs in the work force. British object relations theory will be used to analyze how the employee assistance program provides a feeling of safety, opportunities for reparation, good enough mothering, and holding. Case examples will illustrate how this happens.

With the expanding breadth and number of employee assistance programs, the types of problems the E M counselor must deal with are ever-widening. One area has been that of crisis intervention. The authors present a program on how to apply general crisis intervention theory to the workplace setting. The training of social workers in systems theory makes them uniquely qualified for EAP work.

Short term, lunch hour groups of broad topical ap- peal have multiple functions in a workplace setting. They provide a means for reaching out, can develop informal networks in a large bureaucracy, have a preventive function, and may provide mutual aid. In this article, the group program established for federal enlployees as part of the Federal Employee Counseling Service in New York City is shown to bc an essential component of the total service.

as political&dquo; (p. vii) is a clear thread throughout all the articles. Of particular value is the book’s holistic exploration of addictions, with particular concern for populations who are at high risk, such as the aged and lesbians. Among the addictions discussed are alcoholism, prescription and drug abuse, eating disorders, codependence, compulsive gambling, and addiction to work. Written by both academics and students, the articles cite relevant studies and statistics that relate to both the causes of and cures for addictive behaviors.