What is an EAP?
The EAP provides counseling and referrals for a wide variety of personal issues. If you or a household member is faced with a personal issue, the EAP’s professional, experienced, and knowledgeable counselors may be of help.

Marine Biological Laboratory employees and household members can see an EAP counselor for up to 3 sessions per issue at no cost to you. EAP counseling sessions may be enough to resolve the matter. However, if you or an eligible household member needs additional services, the EAP counselor will make a referral to an appropriate resource. Should there be a cost for those additional services, it is possible that medical insurance may cover those costs. Your counselor will follow-up with you to make sure you are on your way to a resolution of the issue.

What type of issues can EAP Counseling help resolve?… Personal issues, such as...

Relationship Difficulties	Drugs	Stress
Marital Conflicts	Alcohol	Parenting Issues
Emotional Concerns	Coping with Change	Family Difficulties

Can the EAP help with other sorts of things? Yes!

• Personal Legal Advice … if you find you need personal legal advice, the EAP can put you in touch with an attorney for a telephone consultation of up to 30 minutes at no cost to you. For more complex situations, the EAP can refer you to an attorney for face-to-face consultations. In these instances, you will be entitled to a 25% reduction in your legal fees.
  
  
• Budget and debt problems… if you are faced with budget and/or debt problems, the EAP will refer you to a non-profit agency, American Consumer Credit Counseling, and will pay the initial fee for this service. American Consumer Credit Counseling has a great deal of experience helping people put together sensible budget plans and providing advice about handling debt problems.
  
  
• New parenting transition program… provides confidential telephonic or email counseling sessions with a Family Management Coach. Through discussion, self-awareness strategies, and cutting-edge organizational tools, the coach works with the client to craft a family/life plan that will harmonize the particular dynamics of their family and work life and ease their transition back to work.
  
  
• Wellness work / life referrals will provide Marine Biological Laboratory employees, and household members with information on becoming a parent, locating child and/or elder care, school-aged decisions, special needs, college preparation and planning, relocation services, and a host of other topics. This information is available telephonically, and packets of related information may be sent as well.

In addition, The Wellness Corporation’s website, www.WellnessWorkLife.com, provides you and household members with tip sheets, articles, personal and mental health assessment tools, on-line trainings, financial calculators, and interactive videos. Topics include health and wellness, life balance, financial information, tax forms, legal information, child and elder care, pet care, depression, sleep disorders, and a multitude of other topics, including a home page that changes every two weeks, covering issues that are current or in the news. To access the website, go to www.WellnessWorkLife.com and click “New Members Register Here.” Enter: MBL (case sensitive), create a password, and you’re in!

Who will know that you participated in the EAP? No one will know that you participated in the EAP unless you choose to inform him or her. The program is confidential. What you say to a counselor remains private.

Do employees have to use the EAP? Utilizing the EAP services is voluntary. It is up to you whether to use it or not.

How can I get in touch with the EAP? To set up an appointment for any of the above services, simply call (800) 828-6025 or (508) 842-2780 Monday – Thursday between 8:30 AM and 6:00 PM Eastern time, or between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM on Fridays. In the event of a clinical emergency, call this number any time, 24-hours a day, 7 days a week and you will be able to speak to an EAP counselor.