SelfHelpWorks

About SelfHelpWorks

SelfHelpWorks is the leading provider of video-based online interventions for targeting specific hard-to-break habits that affect employee health. Originally taught as live courses in hospitals, clinics and large corporations since 1979, the interventions have become the trusted choice of corporations nationwide… leading wellness providers… health insurance companies… clinics and hospitals… even branches of the government. Behavior begins in the mind, not the body, and these user-friendly interventions are most likely the missing link in your efforts to create a healthier, happier, more productive population.

The interventions help those who need it most, by empowering them to permanently eliminate unhealthy (and costly) high-risk habits that are too deeply embedded to fix with standard wellness programming. They are the perfect adjunct (or low-cost alternative) to live or telephonic health coaching and can be quickly and easily scaled across multiple locations. Best of all, participants love them!

The interventions can be easily integrated into an existing wellness portal or implemented as a stand-alone solution. Detailed reporting, white labeling options, marketing collateral and live user support are included.

To find out more, contact your wellness program provider or visit our website and check out our online demo.

A Quick Overview

• Personalized ‘live’ coaching experience – enhance your live and telephonic coaching results, or use as a highly effective stand-alone if you have a tight budget
• Lasting results – retrains the brain to produce a different (healthy) cognitive response to trigger substances and situations
• Proprietary evidence-based cognitive approach – derived from CBT, peer-reviewed, supported by studies
• Engaging, confidential and convenient – can be accessed anywhere, anytime via PC, tablet or mobile phone
• Meets ‘Reasonable Alternative’ standard
• Seamlessly scalable – easily reach remote or multiple locations
• Participation and incentive reporting at your fingertips
• 96% of participants would recommend the courses to others (2017 surveys)

It’s impossible to grasp the power and uniqueness of SelfHelpWorks online behavior change interventions without a personal experience. If you think there may be a good fit after reading the following information and checking out our online demo, please contact your wellness program provider or SelfHelpWorks to request a demo.

Engaging, Scalable, Cost-Efficient

Since 1999 SelfHelpWorks has invested significant resources in developing and perfecting the seamless online delivery of our evidence-based programs in a way that simulates live personal coaching. By leveraging our advanced digital technology your organization can provide your employees with a convenient, highly engaging ‘live’ coaching experience while at the same time benefitting from seamless scalability and the lowest cost per successful intervention.

Cognitive Training Power

Rather than simply educating or trying to change a person’s behaviors (i.e. the symptoms) like other online programs, SelfHelpWorks’ proprietary evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Training—a derivative of CBT—addresses the beliefs, attitudes and issues that both inhibit and drive behavior. The programs are designed to take a participant, regardless of their current readiness to change, and move them into action. The result is the development of intrinsic motivation and a subsequent change in the cognitive and behavioral response to all the unhealthy triggers that our lives serve up to us.

The programs are curriculum-driven courses that are highly interactive and typically range from 6 to 10 weeks. Participants not only benefit from a genuine lasting behavior change but also a positive shift in mindset, higher self-esteem and focus on quality of life rather than temporary gratification.

You can get an idea of our philosophy by watching the short course video excerpts on our demo page.

Case Study Summary

Condition-appropriate SelfHelpWorks courses were offered to the members of a large wellness program based on their Health Risk Assessment (HRA) scores. The 60,000-plus members who subsequently completed a SelfHelpWorks course were given another HRA the following year. The pre-course and post-course HRA scores were compared, with the following results…

• 47% reported lower levels of stress.
• Of those members not meeting the minimum recommended physical activity requirements prior to completing the program, 77% reported increased physical activity levels on the next HRA.
• 33% of tobacco users reported that they had quit smoking.
• 53% decreased their body mass index (BMI) by over 5%. On average, they decreased their BMI by 8%. Of just those members initially considered obese (BMI > 30), 62% reduced their BMI and their average reduction was 12%.
• 52% reported reduced levels of alcohol consumption.

The Interventions

As most in the Wellness arena know, nearly 80% of total chronic illness costs and absences come from 15 chronic conditions that are caused primarily by six lifestyle behaviors.

SelfHelpWorks online courses address these six risk-producing behaviors.

• LivingEasy – Stress Management & Resiliency
• LivingFit – 90-Day Walking Program
• LivingFree – Tobacco Cessation
• LivingLean – Weight Management
• LivingSmart – Alcohol Management
• LivingWellRested – Sleep Management

SelfHelpWorks is also releasing several cognitive-based condition management programs. The first of these, LivingWell with Diabetes, was released in 2014. Diabetes is currently responsible for an estimated 120 million days in reduced productivity and costs an estimated $4,413 per employee per year.

Feel free to read more about each of the Courses on the SelfHelpWorks website.

Supporting documentation (university trial, case studies, critical review by independent experts, cost comparison information) is also available on the website.

For an overview of what participants can expect, watch the second video, “How the Interventions Work”, on our demo page.

PersonalCoach™ Intelligent Software

During appropriate programs SelfHelpWorks’ proprietary intelligent software, PersonalCoach, is used to keep participants on track. PersonalCoach uses questionnaires to learn about the participant’s coaching needs at that point in time. Then, based on their answers, the system selects e-mail and audio support to match those specific coaching needs and delivers them directly to the participant.

Live User Support

A trained support team is available by phone and email to provide course-related and technical help, and course questions are triaged to SelfHelpWorks instructors as needed.

Real-Time Reporting

An online admin panel gives you 24/7 access to real-time participation reports, allowing you to make informed decisions so you can optimize your wellness program design and maximize your results. Individual privacy is maintained in accordance with HIPAA requirements. Customized data feeds are also available for incentive tracking purposes, or for use by your live coaches.

Request a Demo

It’s impossible to grasp the power and uniqueness of SelfHelpWorks online behavior change courses without a personal experience. After checking out the online demo, contact your wellness program provider or SelfHelpWorks directly to request a live demo.

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