Tucked into the corner of the San Francisco Chronicle newsroom, upcoming to the open up kitchen area, is a tiny room overlooking Mission Avenue. Most times, it sits vacant, out there for reporters who need to have to duck in for cellphone phone calls. But the moment a week, the home transforms into place of work house for the Chronicle’s in-residence therapist.
It’s part of a new energy by Hearst Newspapers, which owns the Chronicle and 23 other dailies, to far better support employees’ mental health. The therapist, Mariah Winslow, is available for all Hearst staff members in California and Texas — the two states in which she is certified. Discussions with her are private, and appointments are booked by means of Hearst’s employee help system Spring Health, of which Winslow is an employee. She does not share information about her classes with Hearst.
Winslow started viewing clientele nearly in November, and previous month, she commenced doing the job out of the Chronicle newsroom a person working day a week for absolutely free, in-human being appointments. Her routine has been “pretty consistently” whole.
“I consider the general consensus as I’ve been performing is that people are tired,” Winslow reported. “People