Work-Focussed Talking Therapies (CBT & EMDR)
Work-focussed CBT and EMDR delivered by registered practitioners. These talking therapies address the psychological and emotional barriers that keep people off work or make work hard to sustain.
What it is
Form Health provides talking therapies, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR). Therapies focus on the psychological and emotional barriers that stop someone returning to work, or make their current role difficult to sustain.
Practitioners use a range of methodologies, including CBT, which helps people build healthier coping mechanisms, improve problem solving and manage stress and anxiety, and EMDR, which helps people process and resolve traumatic memories, which can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression.
Treatment is not generic. Our network of registered counselling and therapeutic practitioners builds a personalised plan around each person's specific challenges and goals, with work as the focus throughout.
Who it is for
This service is for insurers, insurance brokers, occupational health providers and employers managing a claimant or employee whose mental health is the main barrier to work. That includes people who want to return to work but see their psychological or emotional wellbeing as an obstacle, and people who are still in work but struggling to cope with their normal hours and duties.
What is involved
Our work-focussed therapy can be utilised as a standalone service, but can also follow another assessment that identifies psychological or emotional barriers to work. Within our vocational rehabilitation service, that is a detailed biopsychosocial assessment covering the individual's medical history, current circumstances and the specific challenges they face in returning to or staying in work.
The practitioner then works with the individual on a personalised treatment plan addressing their particular challenges and goals. Where therapy forms part of ongoing vocational case management, it sits alongside other work-focussed interventions and the vocational rehabilitation consultant coordinates it, liaising with the employer and insurer at each stage so that all parties are working towards the same outcome. A typical course is between 6 and 12 sessions, depending on the complexity of the case.
What the referrer receives
The referrer receives an initial report with bespoke recommendations for support before any intervention begins. Progress reports will follow to ensure that the referrer is kept up to date, and upon discharge from the service, a closure report will be shared with the referrer detailing the outcome of the intervention and any recommendations that will assist work readiness or return to work. When therapy forms part of vocational rehabilitation case management, the vocational rehabilitation consultant keeps all stakeholders informed throughout to maintain a coordinated approach to the management of the individual's work barriers.
Questions referrers ask
What is the difference between CBT and EMDR?
CBT focuses on current thinking and behaviour. It helps people develop healthier coping mechanisms, improve their problem-solving skills and manage stress and anxiety. EMDR works on traumatic memories, helping the individual process and resolve them, which can reduce symptoms of PTSD, anxiety and depression. The appropriate therapy depends on the barriers identified at assessment.
Who delivers the therapy?
Treatment is delivered by Form Health's trusted network of registered counselling and therapeutic practitioners.
Can therapy be combined with wider vocational rehabilitation?
Yes. Psychological therapy is one of the work-focussed interventions available within our vocational case management. It follows the initial biopsychosocial assessment and can run alongside other support, such as workplace adjustments or a graded return to work programme, with the vocational rehabilitation consultant liaising with the employer and insurer throughout.
What happens after you refer
Steps
- 1
Refer
- 2
Logged
- 3
Individual contacted
- 4
Assessment
- 5
Report to your inbox
- 1
Refer
- 2
Logged
- 3
Individual contacted
- 4
Assessment
- 5
Report to your inbox
Need the evidence first?
Our functional assessments give a claim or case an objective baseline: functional, cognitive, psychological and workplace evaluations that stand up to scrutiny.
Explore functional assessmentsTalk to the team
Whether it is one referral or a programme of work, start with a conversation.