Everybody Needs Somebody
By Susan Locke

Wright & Filippis is pleased to announce the addition of our new EAP, the T.E.A.M. Employee Assistance Program, for our employees and their families. Wright & Filippis recognizes that our employees are our most valuable asset, and that an investment in your well-being is a sound investment for everyone.

Wright & Filippis understands that each of us will be faced with a personal problem in our lives from time to time. Life's problems are truly equal opportunities and do not discriminate between anyone. Such common difficulties may or may not impact our work lives, but will certainly affect the satisfaction in our lives. Many personal concerns, if not most, can be resolved, or their effects minimized, through appropriate assistance. A counselor helps everyday people to work out concerns, much like a coach helps an athlete to improve, through supportive-objective feedback and suggestions.

The Employee Assistance Program is a completely confidential, voluntary and short-term counseling service, utilizing a practical approach toward problem resolution. Sometimes we are so close to a problem that it becomes hard to look at it, and therefore we may have a difficult time identifying the solutions. Professional assistance can make the difference between a problem repeating itself, and resolving it for good the first time it occurs.

T.E.A.M.'s counselors can help with most issues, including, but not limited to: marital or couple conflicts, substance abuse, child or family difficulties, death of a family member, job stress, financial or legal problems, anxiety, and depression. There is no cost to Wright & Filippis employees or dependents for T.E.A.M.'
s services.

The T.E.A.M. Employee Assistance Program is being offered beginning December 1, 2002. We urge our employees and their families to take advantage of this benefit and contact T.E.A.M. for confidential assistance. Wright & Filippis believes that an investment in our employees is an investment in the future of this company.

T.E.A.M. may be contacted
as of December 1, 2002 at:
1-800-448-TEAM