Personalized coaching extends the footprint of the EAP to all employees — not just those with a mental health concern
Not all EAP resources are clinical in nature. For employees to be the best possible version of themselves, they need access to a full continuum of care options, including therapy and sub-clinical coaching.
While therapy (or counseling) typically focuses on assessment and treatment for a concern that occurred in the past, coaching is more forward-looking. CuraLinc’s evidence-based approach includes personalized support that helps participants build competency and develop practical techniques to address life’s challenges.
CuraLinc’s coaches, all of whom are also licensed counselors, provide one-on-one coaching in a variety of focus areas, including:
Sleep fitness. Sleep fitness coaching helps participants learn the physical and mental benefits of a good night’s sleep, how to establish daily habits that promote sleep and ways to improve their sleep environment. All sleep fitness coaches have a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) certification for delivering evidence-based insomnia interventions that address the root causes of insomnia, not just the symptoms.
Meditation. Through meditation coaching, participants learn to build and maintain meditation practices that can help reduce stress, increase focus and improve overall health and well-being. Meditation coaches use a combination of established guided and self-directed activities and exercises to help participants reach their own personalized meditation goals.
Mindfulness. Beyond teaching the benefits of mindfulness – from decreased worry to improved concentration – mindfulness coaching helps participants develop skills that allow them to live more fully in the present moment – both at work and at home. All mindfulness coaches used evidenced-based practices including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to help participants learn practical ways to incorporate mindfulness into their everyday life.
Coaching is also available to help participants boost resilience, prevent burnout, improve self-confidence and strengthen emotional fitness.
Employees can access coaching through several modalities, including scheduled phone or video sessions, text therapy, digital group support and dCBT.
Mental health coaching improves employee health, wellbeing and productivity
Our coaching results were recently published in a peer-reviewed study, reinforcing how it helps participants who don’t have a serious mental health concern improve their health, wellbeing and productivity:
94% of participants demonstrated reliable improvement from coaching.
Participants reported a 66% reduction in depression symptoms after coaching.
Participants reported a 32% increase in productivity after coaching.
83% of participants with an absenteeism problem recovered after coaching.
Want to learn more about mental health coaching? Check out our recent Coffee with CuraLinc episodes.
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In the last few years, mental health coaching has emerged as a discipline to support employees who don’t have a clinically significant problem, such as depression or anxiety. Coaching improves access to care by extending the range of workforce mental health services and circumventing the stigma associated with therapy.
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Employees need access to a full continuum of care options – including both coaching and counseling – to positively impact health, wellbeing and productivity.
On this episode, you’ll learn the the differences between coaching and counseling, and what role should coaching play in an employer’s workplace mental health strategy.