Reflecting back to the chapter opening $$a supervision Challenge$$ case, to prepare for your group work. Why do you think supervisors should consider mental health challenges to be as serious as physical ailments? Does this directive surprise you? Why or why not? Discuss how you think this understanding of mental health issues should inform a supervisor$$s response to a distressed employee.

What questions about your role as a supervisor would you have before confronting such a challenge? How well do you think the training programs described in the chapter opening would answer them?

Next, discuss what you, as supervisors, would do first after identifying an employee who coils benefit from counseling. How might you help with and evaluate the employee$$s progress?