Press Release

Corporate Counseling Associates Expands Services to Help Companies Weather Tough Economy

Downsizing support, financial counseling and change management services focused on executive resilience are among the new services that support business and HR professionals

NEW YORK / MAY 13, 2009 – As businesses struggle with the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA) has expanded its HR consulting and EAP counseling services to assist organizations caught in the fallout.

Wide-ranging and complex employee issues are overwhelming businesses and their HR departments—no surprise when viewed in the context of collapsing financial and real estate markets, as well as subsequent bankruptcies and downsizings. HR professionals are managing not only mass layoffs, but also the continued engagement of staff left behind.

Employee support services such as survivor counseling, stress management, financial counseling and health and wellness initiatives are just a few of the tools CCA is providing to help clients. At the C-level, CCA is assisting leadership on retaining key talent, engaging in advancement planning initiatives and providing change management support so their organizations are poised for better days. The firm is also providing individual consultation and coaching to enhance management’s effectiveness.

CCA’s focus on current client needs include:

- Downsizing support services for management and HR teams to navigate through transitions.
- Litigation prevention services to ready HR to communicate terminations wisely.
- Employment discrimination prevention to ensure that selection, promotion and developmental processes withstand professional scrutiny
- Counseling services for departing employees.
- Support for “survivors” with a focus on moving back towards productivity.
- Web services and seminars focused on financial issues, retirement, coping in times of uncertainty and stress management.
- Coaching for business leaders to drive business forward.
- Training and learning programs on critical “must know” competencies for management to reduce litigation risk and enhance leadership.

“CCA has been in the trenches with business and HR leaders during the past nine months,” said Vice President Georgia Critsimilios. “We’ve counseled record numbers of employees and family members who are experiencing all types of psychological issues, mainly increased stress, anxiety and depression related to the economy, their roles and their accountabilities. Business leaders need to take the organization to the next level and HR needs to support that initiative.”

The firm is also hosting a series of complimentary seminars designed to help HR excel during this challenging time. The first was Change Management, held on March 26. The next is “HR Leadership: Sink or Swim”, scheduled for Thursday, May 21 in New York.
Please see the following link for more information: http://www.corporatecounseling.com/channels_new/news/events.html

Additionally, CCA experts have written white papers on the following topics:

- Strategic use of EAP during a difficult economy
- Helping HR manage downsizings
- Helping HR move past downsizing – executive and organizational resilience

To download a white paper, visit http://www.corporatecounseling.com/channels_new/news/white_papers.html

Book chapters, empirical and consultative publications published by the CCA consulting team are listed on the CCA website at www.corporatecounseling.com.

About Corporate Counseling Associates
CCA manages critical people issues that place organizations at risk. In business for 25 years with over 250 top-tier accounts, CCA brings a full-time staff of industrial and organizational psychologists, clinical social workers/psychologists and counseling professionals to solve human capital-based business problems. CCA’s integrated human capital consulting service offerings are: EAP & Work/Life, Learning & Development and Coaching & Organizational Consulting. For more information, call (212) 686-6827.

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