Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is an employer-funded support service available to University of South Australia (UniSA) Higher Degree Research (HDR) candidates and their immediate family. Immediate family members includes your spouse, partner, children or others living in your household. This service is confidential and completely independent from UniSA.
Human Psychology provides a confidential and effective counselling process that is solution-focused and practical. The service is aimed at enhancing wellbeing and mental health, and can be accessed via face-to-face consults, by phone or virtually.
Accessing assistance is an act of independence and strength which can empower you to make positive changes in your life.
EAP can also provide specific and culturally appropriate counselling services for cultural and linguistically diverse employees such as:
Human Psychology will work hard to accommodate your preferences for a clinician. Telephone counselling is always an option if you need to speak to someone urgently. The sooner you recognise any problem and discuss it with someone who can be of assistance, the easier if will be to resolve the problem.
Confidentiality is assured and maintained. Discussions with a Clinician remain strictly confidential. Clinicians are bound by a professional code of ethics, preventing them giving out personal details without your written consent.