A primary mission of the Central and Northern Arizona EAPA chapter is to educate and inform our members and fellow professionals of the important role of the Employee Assistance Professional.We are behavioral health professionals in a unique role to assist employees and their employers.We are therapists to our clients and consultants to the workplaces who employ them.We work on behalf of the client in many roles: as a provider of assessment, referral, and brief therapy as well as a liaison with human resources, management, labor, and other behavioral health professionals to assure the client receives the best possible care.We wish to return the client to his or her peak performance level at his or her place of employment, or to maintain that level if performance has not yet dropped.