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Paul, a senior executive of a large company, is married with three children and worked long hours to support his family and the lifestyle they were accustomed to. When the recession hit, Paul began to feel under pressure when his mortgage rates and other bills increased. He didn’t want to let his family down and without informing his wife, took out a loan to cover various costs.

Paul was soon struggling to repay the money he’d borrowed and his finances were spiralling out of his control. He started to suffer from depression and desperately needed some support and guidance.

How we helped

Paul called the telephone number on the employee assistance programme card that he was given by his human resources department at his induction. The call handler talked to Paul at length and was very professional and understanding. After several telephone sessions Paul was put in contact with a debt management company who helped him organise his debts into manageable repayments.

The call handler also recommended that Paul should have some face to face counselling to deal with his depression and facing his wife.

The result

After four sessions of face to face counselling, Paul started to regain some of the confidence he had lost and was able to talk to his wife about their financial problems and the added pressures he suffered since the recession started. As a result Paul and his wife were able to work through some of their debt and also share their problems together.

Paul is now slowly recovering from depression and is continuing with his face to face counselling sessions.

This case study is based on a real life example of how we’ve provided help, through our free employee assistance programme, WorkLife Solutions.