ABSTRACT
The mental health professional may assume the role of a consultant to, and perhaps a mediator in, the process of interagency and intraprogram facilitation. The mental health professional can reduce the intrusiveness of theme interference by entering into a consultation relationship with service providers, albeit as a peer with a common concern for the client and the success of the program. The consultant enters with a model for intervening in a setting, even one that must be modified to fit the particular needs of the affected population. Displaced workers come out of a troubled workplace that is undergoing a process of structural change and redirection of manufacturing efforts as a result of automation and competitive economic conditions. Private sector organizations, with their emphasis on profit and performance and on a clear distinction between labor and management, expect initiative and self-motivation as necessary employee attributes. A key stressor emerges from the demands for measurable performance of services.
