Aviva Mental Health guidance
Your mental health is important
We want to help you when things become too much. If you're experiencing stress, anxiety, or poor mental health, it can be difficult to get back on track.
Aviva can help you manage and improve your mental health with helpful information, videos, advice, tools and guidance.
Our mental health support can help you identify and manage common mental health conditions. You can also learn techniques to help you manage your mental health better.
Aviva mental health videos
To help you look after your mental health better, we asked an expert clinician to help us produce a series of short videos.
Each video is only a few minutes long and deals with a different aspect of mental health. Watching these videos can help you identify and find out more about common mental health problems. You’ll also be able to learn techniques to help you improve your mental wellbeing.
You can watch them all at once or dip in and out, so you keep on top of your mental health whenever you want.
The videos fall into three modules, each with a supporting guide summarising the key messages.
Mental health awareness
This module looks as at how to spot the signs and symptoms of poor mental health, ways to reduce mental stigma and how your own thoughts and feelings may influence your mental health. The module also looks at how you can support others in more practical ways.
Stress and resilience
The stress and resilience module introduces simple techniques you can use to help improve your ability to cope with the stresses of life and the increasing demands placed on us all.
'Always-on' culture
This module looks at how technology has increased the risk of an 'always-on' culture and how this has changed the way we live our lives. These videos look at solving problems and managing the constant demands on our time.
Where can I watch the videos?
The videos are all available in our Wellbeing Library. You can watch them whenever you like, as often as you like.
You can also find a range of useful tools and guides on a wide variety of wellbeing topics in our Wellbeing Library.
Wellbeing services are non-contractual benefits Aviva can change or withdraw at any time.
These services are available to employees who are permanent residents of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
Other mental wellbeing services available to you
These services are non-contractual benefits Aviva can change or withdraw at any time.
This service is available to employees who are permanent residents of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
Stress helpline
Provided by Care first, the stress helpline offers members over the age of 16, the chance to talk in confidence to trained counsellors about issues you feel are causing you stress.
The helpline can be a good place if you need help with personal or work-related stress issues. Talking and sharing can be the first step in helping to work through problems and resolve them, aiming to achieve the best outcome.
RedArc
The time after getting a cancer diagnosis can be very difficult. RedArc offers insured employees and their family long-term practical and emotional support over the telephone from a dedicated Personal Nurse. The same nurse provides information, support and guidance helping in many ways such as: helping the individual understand the diagnosis and potential consequences, preparing for consultation and following up, discussing surgery or treatment options, dealing with side effects, support with the emotional toll on the individual and their family, signposting to organisations and services to help. A course of therapy, counselling or other relevant service can also be provided subject to clinical assessment. There is no limit to the amount and duration of calls from the Nurse.
Wellbeing Library
Stress and worry can take a toll on wellbeing, wherever it comes from. The Wellbeing Library is an online library of useful content, hints and tips - including guides and tools. In the Wellbeing Library, you'll find sections offering helpful support on all kinds of situations, from family and relationships, money or work, mental or physical health conditions. Whatever's on your mind, you can find information to help you deal with it.