MENTAL HEALTH GUIDES, WRITTEN BY PSYCHOLOGISTS
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Essays, stories and reflections
Essays, stories and reflections on mental health and everyday life in India, written by psychologists.
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EAP India
When Should a Manager Refer Someone to Professional Support? (And to Whom?)
Support becomes a referral at three thresholds: it has lasted, it is not responding to what you can change, or it was never yours...
EAP
What Not to Say When Someone Discloses at Work (The Mistakes Managers Make in the Moment)
The disclosure took them weeks. Your response takes thirty seconds. The five ways managers close the door while trying to be kind.
EAP India
How to Have the Conversation When Someone on Your Team Is Struggling
Managers in India notice a struggling team member weeks before they say anything. The scripts, the boundary, and what to do when the conversation...
early stage India
The Culture You Set at 30 People Is the One You Scale
Culture is what gets rewarded, tolerated, and repeated under pressure, and it hardens before employee 50. The three decisions that set it, made on...
EAP for startups
Your Startup Is Too Small for an EAP. Here's What It's Not Too Small For.
Why a retainer EAP fails under 50 heads, the three things that work at a small size, and the one purchase to skip. From...
EAP India
How to Choose an EAP Provider in India: 9 Questions to Ask Before You Sign
Nine questions that separate serious EAP providers from glossy decks: real utilisation, who the therapists are, the 2am protocol, and what they refuse to...
first time managers
First Time Managers Are Your Biggest Mental Health Risk Surface
Promoted for output, handed eight people's daily experience, trained for none of it. The absorb, avoid, escalate pattern and the rehearsal that replaces it.