Why Spill

This page is about how Spill works and the principles we hold.

We believe that trying to be everything for everyone means that you end up being nothing to anyone.

That’s why we focus all of our efforts on providing high quality counselling and therapy, accessible in a few clicks. That’s it. We don’t offer wellbeing talks, workshops, mindfulness videos, wellbeing webinars, yoga videos, legal advice, financial advice, career coaching or nutrition tips. Spill will always be high quality counselling and therapy.

It’s tempting, as leaders, to take full responsibility for employees mental health but this can be detrimental. Managers and peers are often not qualified to take on this responsibility and businesses ultimately have a limit for how much company time they’re able to spend supporting their people.

At Spill, we believe the business comes first and that this is nothing to be ashamed of. After all, it’s only if the business remains healthy that it can afford to offer something like Spill.

This belief is baked into how Spill works. Spill doesn’t encourage everyone to open up with colleagues about their mental health challenges. We don’t bring mental health to the forefront of your workplace. We don’t expect managers to support employees with mental health conditions.

We do offer one-to-one support to employees with clear boundaries for how many sessions the business is able to pay for and we regularly check in with how employees are feeling through mental health check-ins. Both of these features are completely private and confidential for employees, meaning work stays about work.

When employees come to Spill for support we don’t ever ask for a doctors note to check for eligibility or run a pre-screening to filter our people who are “too severe”. Our service is set up to support anyone who’s struggling with their mental health.

Employees can book in a one off session if they’re feeling a bit meh or book a course of therapy for things that feel more serious. Our therapists are set up to handle either situation and everything in between.