{"id":19768,"date":"2020-10-05T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/mindbeacon-launching-digital-therapy-tool-to-manage-stress-150667"},"modified":"2020-10-05T15:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:00:57","slug":"mindbeacon-launching-digital-therapy-tool-to-manage-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/10\/05\/mindbeacon-launching-digital-therapy-tool-to-manage-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"MindBeacon launching digital therapy tool to manage stress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Staff<\/span> | October 5, 2020 <\/p>\n

MindBeacon Group is launching a digital mental-health option to support all Canadians through heightened anxiety and stress related to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

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The organization found nearly half (46 per cent) of people starting therapy since the beginning of the pandemic via its Beacon digital platform indicated anxiety as their primary mental-health concern, which was up by 12 per cent when compared to pre-March 2020 figures.<\/p>\n

Read: How to support employees\u2019 mental health during coronavirus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The new therapy aims to help people develop a personalized collection of evidence-based techniques to successfully deal with stress, thus minimizing the risk of developing clinical anxiety or depression.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new Beacon therapy capability gives Canadians one-to-one guidance from a registered therapist to learn valuable strategies and find the balance that they need to protect their mental well-being,\u201d said Dr. Peter Farvolden, chief science officer at MindBeacon, in a press release.<\/p>\n

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The therapy is available to most employees through employer or health services providers or as a reimbursable benefit through group benefits plans. In Ontario, the guided digital therapy is available free of charge during the pandemic via funding from the provincial government.<\/p>\n

Read: MindBeacon\u2019s online CBT available for all Ontarians<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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