Enhanced Mental Health Care

Longer-Term Mental Health Support for Employees

Navigate employees from short-term counselling to longer-term care for the mental health issues that are driving disability today, with up to 20 counselling sessions per issue.

Addressing the Rise in Complex Mental Health Conditions

The number of Canadians seeking mental health care is rising rapidly and symptoms are more severe than ever. Give your employees direct access to a network of expert therapists and up to 20 therapy sessions per issue.

Why it Matters for Your Business

The number of Canadians seeking longer-term support through extended health benefits for complex mental health issues is rising rapidly. And, it’s directly impacting productivity, performance and absenteeism.

In 2024, we talked with a number of our customers about the challenges they experience and this is what they had to say:

Productivity Impact: 72% of employers rate stress and burnout as top mental health concerns.
Cost of Absence: 52% of employers rank disability as a major driver of organizational cost.
Complex Mental Health: 50% of employers don’t have a solution for complex mental health conditions and report it as a major concern.
Coordination of Services: 83% of employers say easy access and navigation to the right mental health care are in need of improvement.
Organizational Culture: 75% of employers rate engagement as a key measurement of success.

Our Solution: Enhanced Mental Health Care

Give your employees direct access to a network of therapists experienced in longer-term, complex mental health support, particularly for conditions that drive disability.

Navigation

Our specialists assess for the severity of mental health issues and guide at risk employees from short-term counselling to Enhanced Mental Health Care.

Continuity of Care

Employees receive up to 20 sessions per issue, ensuring consistent and effective treatment with the same trusted counsellor.

Structured Treatment

Our expert therapists use evidence-based therapies including CBT, CPT, DBT and Exposure Therapy to help employees get better, faster.

Unique Network

We have a separate expert network of specialized therapists with higher levels of training, professional and lived experience.

Progress Tracking

Using measurement-based care, we monitor employee progress and make real-time adjustments to their treatment.

Enhanced Reporting

Track your mental health investment with enhanced data and reporting.

Proven Results

Enhanced Mental Health Care helps employees get better with proven positive results that reduce disability, improve functioning and enhance performance.

97%	Positive Matching Experience: Employees feel supported and connected to their therapist
88%	Mental Health Goal Improvement: Employees who improve in their mental health goals are healthier and happier
2/3	Clinically Significant Improvement: Employees with moderately-severe to severe anxiety or depression showed reliable improvement

2024 Research Report Highlights

Enhanced Mental Health Care Research Findings

Key findings from our 5-year research report on mental health trends in the Canadian workplace reveal the severity and complexity of mental health issues impacting employees.

Rising Severity: The number of anxiety, depression and stress-related cases has increased by 37% over the past five years.
Increasing Stress: As a percentage of EFAP cases, both stress and work-stress levels reported by employees have doubled.
Impact on Women: Women represent 67% of all Enhanced Mental Health Care counselling cases.
Complex Anxiety: 90% of employees participating in Enhanced Mental Health Care for anxiety have moderately-severe to severe symptoms.
Complex Depression: 3 out of 4 employees participating in Enhanced Mental Health Care for depression present moderately-severe to severe symptoms.
Proven Results: Employees receiving Enhanced Mental Health Care see a significant improvement in their level of functioning, which makes them more productive and less likely to transition to disability.

Ready to Get Started?

Enhance the well-being of your employees with Homewood’s Enhanced Mental Health Care.