EAP and Other Services for Corporates

Why do companies invest in counselling for their team

Organisations that invest in their staff's all-round welfare, including their psychological and relationship health, have been shown to experience significant direct benefits such as lower absenteeism, higher productivity and lower attrition, as also indirect benefits through better morale and increased effectiveness, as staff are able to work at their best when their energies are not spent on emotional/ relational or psychological issues.

Since the 1960s, Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), usually with an external counselling service provider, has been a way for companies to be able to provide their staff with access to counselling and related services, while also maintaining the confidentiality and privacy that are the cornerstones of any counselling relationship.

Counselling in EAP/ Corporate Counselling programs typically include personal counselling for personal and professional issues, challenges in team management, support for any crisis that affects one or more people in the team and workshops/ training on wellness. Some EAP providers also provide a larger spectrum of services such as legal/ financial assistance, exercise and dietary consultations, insurance handling etc. At InnerSight, our EAP/ Corporate Counselling services are focused on core counselling and training needs.

InnerSight's EAP/ Corporate Counselling practice

InnerSight works with corporate entities, colleges etc to offer an affordable EAP services package focusing on counselling & related services. We work with shared resources, offer appointment-based and off-line services to reduce operational costs and provide affordable pricing models that can encourage organisations who otherwise may not have considered EAP services to offer these services to their staff. 

Our direct EAP clientele are typically small/ medium sized companies, colleges and organisations with operations in Bangalore/ South India.  Our current clientele include multiple small/ medium IT and ITES firm, small manufacturing/ engineering firms, legal service providers, and NGO services. 

The services we offer through our EAP/ Corporate Counselling include a dedicated counselling helpline exclusively for our EAP clients, at-site and off-site counselling services, including counselling through  virtual online platforms, e-mail based support, workplace policy consultation including anti-sexual harassment and diversity, training and workshops.

We typically work on a basic retainer plus charges for other services as used, and are committed to being transparent while protecting client confidentiality.

Consulting on diversity and inclusion

InnerSight  offers support to organizations in creating an inclusive culture.  We have a specific expertise with inclusion across the gender and sexuality spectrum, with additional capabilities on working with people with disabilities, gender diversity and other aspects.
Our focus in working with inclusion leverages our deep counselling background, and we approach inclusion as an expansion of empathy, understanding and developing safe spaces for all.

Consulting on Prevention of Sexual Harassment & Internal Complaints Committee Participation

InnerSight  offers consulting & support on creating a safe working environment. We help organizations strengthen their Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) policies and implement Internal Complaints Committees (ICC), including being an external member in these committees. 
In our work in this space, we strive to enhance workplace safety for people across diversity parameters including gender and sexuality.
​We also offer training programs that focus on creating a broad awareness of gender and sexuality issues for existing ICCs in different organizations.

InnerSight as an affiliate of global EAP organizations

InnerSight has, from time-to-time,  partnered with leading EAP service providers since 2011 as their  Bangalore resource to support face-to-face counselling, helplines, training workshops and other counselling related services for their global corporate customers.  We take values of trust and transparency in our partner relationships very seriously, and ensure no conflict of working interests arise between our partners and our direct EAP services. We work under non-compete/ non-exclusive agreements, with clear exclusivity clauses relating to clients and staff

InnerSight team of trained and certified counsellors with its deep industry experience that includes IT/ ITES, Management Consulting, HR  and Media help us relate to the corporate environment and use our counselling skills to best help people in such organizations. 

When would you want to consider InnerSight as your EAP Partner

We are a boutique counselling and training services firm. We are based in Bangalore and have a presence through affiliates in Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. We are focused on our core counselling services, and at the same time we are a firm run by counsellors as a collective of counsellors, and we are fully aware that we may not be everyone's best fit as an EAP partner.

Consider us if:

• You want to leverage counsellors who have work experience in IT, Consulting, Media, Engineering and related domains. You want counsellors with experience in cross-cultural issues and have lived/ worked in different cultures.
• You are a medium-sized organization with a major presence in one of the south Indian metros, and operations elsewhere as well
• You place a clear value on your staff's emotional health, and offering counselling services is not a matter of compliance alone. You value quality and experience of counselling.
• You want partners who can work collaboratively as external experts to help design and develop employee engagement on wellness

We may not be a good fit if:

• You are a very large organization (over 50,000 employees) and require in-person support in smaller cities and towns, or internationally. We currently don't have the infrastructure to support large-scale needs.
• You are looking for a single vendor who can take care of your physical wellness, insurance, general concierge services etc. in addition to counselling & training. We are clear on our core competence and work with only that.
• You are looking for the least cost service. We price ourselves at affordable levels for the quality and experience of counselling that we bring.

Please feel free to contact us. We will be more than happy to help you connect with partners who may work better for you, even if we should find that we may not be a good fit for each other.