Imagine working in an environment that uses psychological terms and initiatives to show that the company cares for its employees’ mental well-being. Sounds brilliant and progressive, doesn’t it?
But what would you do if they were weaponised against you, and such terms were used to negatively affect the working environment instead?
Increased awareness of mental health concepts means many of us frequently use therapy terms – that belong in a therapist’s office – in our everyday lives, and this includes the workplace.
Greta Huang* is a marketing professional at a business-to-consumer (B2C) company that emphasises psychological safety as a core pillar when building a high-performing team. There are even training sessions on what psychological safety at the workplace means, and how employees can apply its core values when building their teams.
She says that while the
