The UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center (EACC) offers confidential support services for Homewood City School System employees and members of their immediate household. A dedicated team of certified counselors, an extensive collection of online resources and a schedule of programs and events are all designed to help you identify, understand and resolve work-related and personal issues to help you achieve successful work/life integration.
Homewood City School System employees and members of their immediate households are eligible for unlimited free counseling and life coaching sessions. Explore the tabs below to learn more about the EACC services available to you.
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Counseling Services
The EACC offers individual, couples and family counseling to help Homewood City School System employees and members of their immediate household resolve work-related and personal problems. Our staff includes counselors specializing in marriage and family counseling, play therapy, group counseling, alcohol and drug abuse aftercare, critical incident stress management, aging and caregiver issues, employee assistance, career counseling, art therapy and more.
Homewood City School System employees and members of their immediate household are eligible for unlimited counseling sessions. To schedule a counseling appointment, call 1-877-872-2327 or 205-934-2281.
Other Counseling Services- One-At-A-Time Therapy: Enables you to develop strategies for moving forward in a single, goal-oriented therapy session.
- Financial Counseling: An individualized financial wellness counseling session will help you gain a better understanding of your financial situation, while teaching you the best options for managing your finances and paying off debt.
- Tobacco Cessation: If you need extra support when you’re ready to quit smoking, the EACC offers tobacco cessation coaching with a licensed mental health professional.
- TeleHealth Counseling: TeleHealth services are available to Homewood City School System employees via a HIPAA-compliant Zoom platform. EACC's staff includes certified distance credentialed counselors, trained in best practices for delivering traditional counseling through technological means.
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Life Coaching
Life coaching is for the person who needs guidance with personal goals and just doesn’t know where to start or for the person who has had problems achieving personal goals. Your EACC life coach will assist you with plan development and provide support as a partner in your vision for self-improvement.
Homewood City School System employees and members of their immediate household are eligible for unlimited life coaching sessions. To schedule an appointment, call 1-877-872-2327 or 205-934-2281.
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Programs & Events
The EACC supports you in achieving successful work-life integration in all areas of life by offering informational classes, support groups, and psycho-educational and stress management programs.
EACC programs and events are offered at no cost to Homewood City School System employees and members of their immediate household. Check the EACC Events Calendar for a complete schedule of upcoming events.
- Self Care Studio: A collaboration between the EACC and UAB Arts in Medicine that offers participants a space to enhance creativity and focus on personal wellness.
- Mental Health First Aid: Learn how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adults. Participants will learn common signs and symptoms, how to interact with a person in crisis and connect them with help, and additional information on trauma, substance use and self-care.
- QPR for Suicide Prevention: QPR offers hope through positive action. As a trained QPR Gatekeeper, you will learn to recognize the warning signs of people in trouble and will have the tools to act vigorously to possibly prevent a suicide.
- Healthy Aging: In partnership with Senior Care Authority, the EACC's eldercare education series addresses the issues important to employees with caregiving responsibilities at home.
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Online Resources
myStrength
The EACC has partnered with myStrength to provide free access to web and mobile tools for increased emotional health and wellbeing for employees and members of their immediate households. myStrength features hundreds of resources on topics like stress management, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, parenting, substance abuse and more. Access to myStrength is free and you do not have to be an existing EACC client to take advantage of this resource.
Code Blaze ResourcesThrough the Code Blaze program, the EACC provides quick access to community and online resources, including an extensive catalog of tools for solving stressful situations, relaxation and techniques for managing difficult emotions.
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- Holiday Stress Tips
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- Understanding Domestic Violence
- Coping with the Blues
- Becoming an Askable Parent
- Support BIPOC Mental Health Month
- Coping with Crisis
- Building Your Coping Toolbox
- Tips for Stress Awareness Month
- Caring for Long-Distance Loved Ones
- Giving Couples Counseling a Try
- Tips for a Successful New Year
- Managing Grief during the Holidays
- Inclusivity in the LGBTQ+ Community
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- Preventing Suicide in Teens
- Tips for Back-to-School
- Small Acts of Self Care
- Maternal Mental Health
- Stress Management
- Sleep Awareness
- Chronic Illness & Mental Health
Information is confidential and shared only with your written consent, except where required by law. Only EACC staff members have access to confidential client records.