Employee Assistance Unit (EAU)
24 Wolcott Hill Road
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Phone: 1- 844-997-4328
Central Office Directions
Director: Dianne Moynihan MSW, LCSW, LICSW
MISSION STATEMENT
The Employee Assistance Unit’s (EAU) mission is to provide confidential peer support, intervention, assist employees with guidance and referral to treatment when necessary, to educate and protect staff and family members who work within the Connecticut Department of Correction.
Our goal is to provide confidential resources through clinical and social intervention while maintaining a healthy and balanced work environment for agency employees and their families.
It is a resource for all DOC employees and their families.
It’s Free. It’s Confidential
PEERS HELPING PEERS
CORRECTIONAL PROFESSIONAL TRAUMA
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Exposure to difficult situations, violence, hazardous
materials, excessive noise, infectious disease
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Working in confined spaces with physical and
psychological demands
PERSONAL TRAUMA
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Personal, family relationship issues
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Having your own safety jeopardized
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Physical, sexual, psychological abuse
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Military combat exposure
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Natural disasters
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PTSD. Medical issues for self or family
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Death of a loved one
ADDICTIONS
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Prescription medications
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Alcohol
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Technology
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Narcotics
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Marijuana
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Sex
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Food
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Steroids
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Gambling
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Shopping
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Other street drugs
OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT
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Outpatient / Inpatient
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Counseling
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Intensive Outpatient
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Residential Detox
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12-Step Meetings
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Family Assistance
Click on the following link to open a copy of the EAU pamphlet: EAU Pamphlet
DID YOU KNOW ?
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Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiences mental illness each year.
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Among the 20.2 million adults in the U.S. with substance abuse problems, 50.5% have co-occurring mental illness.
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Combining medication with therapy can significantly improve the treatment of many anxiety disorders.
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Some of the programs that EAU refers employees to have success rates as much as 300% better than the national average.