Why Your Business Needs Mental Health Consultancy in 2025
While many companies excel in their core operations, mental health is often put on the backburner, with little to no support being put in place, and a lack of awareness of what’s needed to change things for the better. Here, we highlight the advantage of working with mental health consultants who bring specialised knowledge to the table, allowing businesses to create tailored strategies rather than relying on guesswork.
Knowledge is power – But Do You Have The Knowledge You Need?
The Dunning-Kruger effect states that we don’t know what we don’t know. This is certainly true of businesses as a whole, not just individuals, and while a business may thrive in its sector, it can sometimes be the things we’re unaware of that create issues.
Take mental health, for instance. Are you aware of how many employees are struggling with a common mental health condition across your business right now? Studies show that it can be as much as one in six in any given week. Divide your workforce by six. Is that number higher than you thought it was?
The Main Challenges for Businesses
The reality is that as a business, we can’t do it all ourselves. So much focus has to be spent on other areas – how much time can we really dedicate to the well-being of our employees? Even if we recognise the importance of employee well-being, investing the time to effectively understand the challenges can be hard to do.
And, there’s another obstacle – are employees really willing to discuss these issues with you? Many employees feel uncomfortable raising concerns around stress or mental health, particularly where that is tied into workload, responsibility or deadlines, for fear of being seen as an employee who can’t cope, or worse, as a disruptive individual. Even with the best of intentions, we can find it hard to get accurate data to take action from.
