Benefit eligible Monroe County employees have access to the below listed benefits.

If you have questions on the benefits offered please reach out to the Human Resources Department at human.resources@co.monroe.wi.us or to our Service Team at the Insurance Center at 1-800-944-1367.

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Health Insurance  -  Helpful Information

Website: https://www.allegiancecosttransparency.com/2022-07-01_MONROE_COUNTY_index.json

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Insurance Broker

Website: https://ticinsurance.com/ Customer Service: 1-800-944-1367 Your TIC Service Team

Employee Assistance Program

Gundersen Health System - Employee Assistance Program Website:  https://gundersenhealth.org/eap Customer Service:  1-800-327-9991

JUNE 2026  - EAP Reach Out

MANAGING ANGER

Like love, grief and happiness, anger is a basic, human emotion. It serves an important survival function by communicating to ourselves and to others that something is wrong.

How we express anger is something we learn. As children, we may have learned from one or both parents that anger can be used to get attention or to get one’s way. Or we may have learned that we should show the good emotions-love and happiness, for instance-and keep bad emotions like anger inside.

Because we learn how to express anger, we also can learn how to manage it. This is particularly important for anyone who manages anger inappropriately-by hurting others or themselves or by making poor decisions in fits of rage.

Instead of expressing your anger in either of these ways, try this four-step approach:

1. Admit it.          2. Explore it.          3. Express it.          4. Drop it. 

The next time you feel angry, admit it to yourself. Don’t deny feeling angry or try to cover it up.

Then, explore why you are angry-get to the source of the emotion.  If it is something someone has said to you, ask yourself why it made you angry. If it is something someone did-or did not do-search for the reason you are angry.

Expressing your anger is the next step. If you believe you might express yourself in a hostile rage, find a way to calm yourself down first-take a few deep breaths or go for a walk. When you feel you can discuss the issue without exploding, do so. If your anger begins to build while you are expressing yourself, calm yourself down again.

The last step may be the hardest, but also the most important. Once you have let the object of your anger know how you feel, drop it. Whether the object of your anger changes or not, you have done all you could by expressing your anger in a healthy way.

EAP is a free confidential employee benefit.

Visit EAP’s web site at www.gundersenhealth.org/eap

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