Is Mainstreaming of 'Therapy-Speak' Good for Workplaces?

The stigma behind mental health issues and talking about them has slowly crumbled, and people are more open to talk about their feelings and struggles with their peers and coworkers. Indeed, in workplaces where a healthy number of millennials and Gen Zs abound, the language of therapy has seeped into the daily dictionary of employees.

Certainly, having a workplace where people are aware and care about others’ mental health as well as their own is a good thing. Then, it will be much easier to cope with the stress that work might entail. People will be more understanding and helpful to address and resolve issues that workers might be going through.

There is a caveat however, in that the growing usage of therapy-speak in the workplace must also be coupled with the proper actions. There might be instances that top management may be using these words without showing any genuine concern as they carry on with existing practices that make employees overworked but underpaid. Or, the language may also be misused and miscontextualized.

So, although it has good points, there are things to watch out for as well, which Amanda Montell points out in her article on Harper’s Bazaar.

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Source: neatorama