Meeting You Wherever You Are: Expanded Mental Health Benefits with WeShare
Mental health is a huge part of the cultural wellness conversation these days. Nearly 60 million adults experienced mental illness in the last year, and the research linking poor mental health with physical ailments like cardiovascular and respiratory issues, metabolic and infectious illnesses, and more is growing. The need for clarity, support, and viable care choices has never been more prevalent.
Yet still, accessibility is a huge barrier to getting quality mental healthcare. Mental health professionals report growing waitlists, and finding healthcare that helps alleviate the cost of counseling or mental health treatments is still a rare gem to find. Though these barriers persist, navigating things like anxiety, depression, OCD, panic attacks, trauma, stress, and so many more serious emotional and mental concerns continues to be an urgent priority.
In response to this growing need, WeShare has expanded its behavioral health offerings to provide Members with timely, affordable, and quality mental healthcare resources. In addition to mental health services offered through BetterHelp, Amwell Telemedicine provides WeShare Members the ability to see a certified therapist or psychiatrist much sooner than most in-person practices, and allow you to get the support you need from the comfort and privacy of your home. When booking your appointment, you receive 10 therapy visits per calendar year included in your membership with no Consult Fee or AMCS. With the average therapist visit costing $100-$200 per session, this is a huge financial burden relieved for anyone considering treatment.
A new and unique feature of behavioral health services through Amwell is access to psychiatric care—up to 4 visits per calendar year, with no Consult Fee or AMCS. While certified therapists are the professionals you’ll see on a regular basis and are the ones you build an ongoing relationship with, psychiatrists differ from counselors in a few key ways: they can diagnose mental health conditions, prescribe medication to treat those issues, and send those prescriptions straight to the pharmacy of your choice.
Amwell Telemedicine and BetterHelp are just a few of the tangible ways that WeShare is responding to the national mental health crisis, along with the added support from the community and connection found in WeShare membership.
WeShareTelehealth.org is here for you if you’re a WeShare Member in need of quality mental healthcare, and our team is only a click away if you’d like to step into this (and so many more) benefits that come with joining the WeShare family.
