Workplace Bullying
Recovery

You may be a target of Workplace Bullying – a legal form of personal harassment in British Columbia and most Canadian provinces, except Quebec and Saskatchewan, and most American states.  Workplace bullying is a form of systematic abuse that can cause serious vocational displacement and psychological harm such as chronic stress, anxiety and trauma.  This abuse can either occur one to one, usually supervisor to employee, or in a group, where it is known as ‘mobbing’.

Workplace Bullying Is A Chronic Stressor That Can Cause Psychological Injury

When targets experience workplace bullying they feel under threat.  An intense stress reaction occurs in response to this aggressive behavior.  Target’s bodies start to produce the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol. These hormones prepare targets to rally to protect themselves by either confronting, escaping or becoming immobilized in the face of the stressor.  This is also known as the ‘fight, flight or freeze’ response.  When targets can’t escape the chronic stress of repeated bullying, they cannot discharge that tension and rebound physically or psychologically.  Stress then gets ‘trapped’ in their bodies, and targets experience that stress as trauma-like symptoms such as intense fear, anxiety, depression, insomnia, difficulty concentrating, irritability, loss of confidence and low self-worth.  Some targets of bullying also begin to lose perspective, and come to believe that they somehow invited or deserve this abuse.  Many targets of bullying are unaware of the extent of their psychological distress, or wait until their symptoms become severe before seeking help.  This can potentially make recovery harder, longer, complicated or incomplete.  The good news is that you can take action today to stop the harm of workplace bullying.

With the Right Help You Can Stop the Pain and Hurt of Workplace Bullying Now!

I am here to tell you that your life does not need to be controlled by bullying behavior any longer.  Recovery Counselling Solutions offers a unique approach to recovery from workplace bullying that combines the psychological healing methods of counselling with the practical strategies of coaching to help targets experiencing or recuperating from workplace bullying get back on their feet.

Counselling and Coaching Can Help You Recover From Bullying and Move On With Your Life.  Benefits Include:

•    Conquering stress and anxiety and rediscovering peace of mind
•    Overcoming the hurt of abuse and trauma so you feel in control of your life
•    Retrieving your self-esteem and sense of self-worth
•    Rising above depressed thinking and negative beliefs or expectations
•    Putting grief and loss behind you so you can live for today and look forward to tomorrow
•    Healing relationships that have been strained by the bullying experience
•    Looking forward to your job search or new career with confidence and hope

Workplace Bullying Services - In Person, By Telephone or Via Internet:

Counselling

Emotional support and practical solutions are crucial for people who are trying to cope, considering leaving or who have left abusive workplaces, and are:

•    Experiencing stress, anxiety, depression or trauma symptoms such as panic, social withdrawal, hopelessness, intrusive     thoughts or memories, insomnia, nightmares, appetite disturbances, going numb, crying uncontrollably or feeling overwhelmed

•    Blaming themselves for being victimized

•    Struggling with a loss of self-confidence or self-worth

•    Grieving over job loss

•    Feeling that life has lost meaning or purpose

•    Undergoing stress in personal relationships due to bullying

Individual and family Counselling ranges from 50 to 90 minutes per session. 

Coaching

Consider coaching if you are feeling fairly strong psychologically but want help with dealing effectively with bullying on the job, or planning ‘exit and re-entry strategies’ including:

•    Acting assertively in the face of bullying

•    Deciding if, how and to whom to report bullying

•    Developing a bottom line aka deciding when ‘enough is enough’, and when and how to give notice

•    Writing letters of resignation and obtaining job references

•    Focusing your future job search and dealing with issues such as gaps on your resume, and tough job interview questions such as “Why did you leave your last job?”

•    Deciding if you need to take time off to recharge, or to jump right into a new job opportunity

•    Figuring out whether to continue on the same vocational path, change careers or pursue self-employment

Individual Coaching is usually 50 minutes per session

All Counselling and Coaching Clients will Receive a FREE Copy of My EBook
What Every Target Of Workplace Bullying Needs To Know!

Recovery Counselling Solutions is located in Vancouver, BC.  Glynis Sherwood provides Addictions and Mental Health Counselling and Coaching by Telephone and Internet across North America and In-person Addictions and Mental Health Therapy and Counseling to Vancouver and Lower Mainland communities including West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Port Moody, Delta and Surrey.

Recovery Counselling Solutions offers addictions and mental health counseling, therapy & coaching for workplace bullying and harassment issues;
anxiety and depression;  trauma; grief and loss; drug and alcohol substance abuse and addictive behaviors.

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