Welcome to Our First Nations-Led
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
In collaboration with
Warida provides a personalised EAP option for small workplaces, while BilaEmpower provides a broader EAP model for larger or more complex workforces. Warida also provides counselling services as part of BilaEmpower’s national clinician network.
What is Our EAP?
Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is an Indigenous specialist support service designed to help employees with personal or work-related problems. We focus on providing this help in a way that respects, is informed by and includes First Nations cultures and perspectives.
Our Lead Clinician, Bianca Stawiarski, is a PACFA Registered Clinical Counsellor, PACFA certified mental health practitioner, qualified coach and Employee Assistance Professional Association of Australasia Inc (EAPAA) Clinical member.
Warida Wholistic Wellness provides culturally integrated EAP support for small workplaces seeking a more personal, relational and responsive approach to employee wellbeing. Our service is particularly suited to organisations that value culturally safe, trauma informed support and want their people to have direct access to experienced First Nations clinicians.
For larger organisations, more complex workforces, or workplaces requiring a broader EAP service model, we may recommend BilaEmpower. Warida works collaboratively with BilaEmpower, helping to ensure cultural safety, clinical quality and relational care remain at the centre of the support provided.
Not sure which option is right for your workplace? Contact us and we can have a yarn about your organisation, your people and the type of support you are looking for.
Frequently Asked Questions
Most frequent questions and answers
Who Are We?
Warida Wholistic Wellness is led by Bianca Stawiarski, a Badimia (Yamatji) and Ukrainian woman, PACFA Registered Clinical Counsellor and Certified Mental Health Practitioner, who brings together cultural knowledge, clinical practice, lived experience and deep listening in her approach to wellbeing.
Where additional and specialised support is needed, Warida works alongside trusted First Nations allied health professionals who share our commitment to culturally safe, trauma informed and relational care.
Our approach recognises the whole person and the relationships around them, including culture, family, community, identity and connection to Country. We walk alongside people rather than trying to “fix” them, creating space for people to reconnect with their own strengths, inner knowing and agency.
What We Offer?
Confidential Counselling
Confidential support for personal, family and workplace concerns, including stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma, burnout, mental health challenges and times when life simply feels overwhelming.
Culturally Integrated Support
Support that recognises culture, identity, lived experience, family, community and connection to Country. Our approach creates space for people to feel heard, understood and culturally safe.
Grief, Bereavement and Sorry Business
Sensitive support through grief, loss, bereavement and Sorry Business, recognising the cultural, family and community responsibilities that can sit alongside loss.
Workplace Wellbeing and Change
Support with workplace stress, conflict, difficult relationships, organisational change, emotional regulation, boundaries, resilience and competing personal and professional pressures.
Additional Workplace Supports
Where appropriate, Warida can also provide clinical and cultural supervision, wellbeing yarning circles, in person therapeutic weaving sessions and tailored workplace wellbeing support to meet the needs of your organisation.
How It Works?
- Confidentiality: Our services are private and confidential. You can talk to us without worrying about your privacy.
- Easy Access: You can access our services easily, without the need for a formal referral. Speak with your employer or workplace contact about engaging Warida as an EAP provider.
- Experienced Practitioners: Warida is led by Bianca Stawiarski, with trusted First Nations allied health professionals engaged where additional or specialised support is required.
How to Get Started?
Once your employer has contracted Warida as its EAP provider, you can contact us directly through the links on this page to access confidential support.
Contact Us
When support is needed, you deserve to feel heard, culturally safe and respected. Warida provides confidential, relational support led by Bianca Stawiarski and supported by trusted First Nations allied health professionals where needed.
If your employer has contracted Warida Wholistic Wellness as an EAP provider, and you want to book a session with Bianca, book on the button below
If your employer has contracted BilaEmpower as an EAP provider and you want to book a session with Bianca, book here.