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Mental Health & Emotional Well-Being

Mental Health and Emotional wellbeing comprises of your emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing. It affects how we think, feel, and act. Mental Health and Emotional wellbeing also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. The National Institutes of Health describes mental/emotional wellbeing as “the ability to successfully handle life’s stresses and adapt to change and difficult times” (NIH, 2018). The resources listed in this section are designed to optimize your mental health and emotional status, which can positively impact your overall wellbeing.

  • BetterHelp

    BetterHelp offers four free tele-therapy sessions for all LMU/LLS faculty and staff for one month (one session per week). A credit card is required but will not be charged and three emails will be sent as reminders to cancel your access. Subsequent sessions for LMU/LLS faculty and staff are at a discounted rate. Note: This is only available for first-time users of BetterHelp.

    Visit betterhelp.com/lmuwellness to access the LMU/LLS portal. If your email is not found, please contact us at MyWellbeing@lmu.edu.

    MyHelp

    MyHelp (supported by BetterHelp) offers five free tele-therapy for all LMU/LLS Faculty and Staff through the Health Advocates employee portal to access MyHelp. If you already have a BetterHelp account, MyHelp will automatically sync them together during registration. Upon utilizing your five free sessions within the given year, subsequent sessions are at a discounted rate for LMU/LLS Faculty and Staff. Note: Once you utilize MyHelp, you cannot access the four free sessions directly with BetterHelp.

    When you are connected to a counselor, a session is defined as either a live session (chat, phone, video) or a week of back-and-forth messages (exceeding 500 words) exchanged with your therapist. Live sessions with your therapist will render between 30 and 60 minutes based on your individual needs. We encourage you to discuss your preferences with your therapist. Please contact us at MyWellbeing@lmu.edu for questions.

    View the Member Flyer for instructions and FAQs

    Get started with MyHelp:

    • Log into healthadvocate.com/members
    • Create or enter your health advocate credentials
    • Click on EAP+Work/Life
    • Click MyHelp, Employer Access Code: Loyola Marymount University
    • Select "Click here to get started" to access the counselor

    Health Advocate

    Receive 5 Free 50-minute Therapy Sessions

    Get started with EAP:

  • LMU Resources

    Virtual Resources

    Additional Resources

  • Professional coaches have long been recognized for their skills in helping faculty and staff perform at their best. Now professional wellness coaches are helping people reach their best health and wellbeing. Wellness coaches are trained to help clients develop and implement personal wellness plans by:

    • Accepting and meeting us where we are today
    • Asking us to take charge
    • Guiding us in doing the mindful thinking and doing work that builds confidence
    • Helping us define a higher purpose for wellness and uncover our natural impulse to be well
    • Helping us tap into our innate fighting spirit
    • Addressing mental and physical health together
    • Helping us draw a personal wellness blueprint
    • Helping us set realistic goals; small victories lay the foundation for self-efficacy
    • Harnessing the strengths we need to overcome our obstacles
    • Helping us view obstacles as opportunities to learn and grow
    • Helping us build a support team
    • Inspiring and challenging us to go beyond what we would do alone

    Resources

  • Mindfulness helps you learn to stay with difficult feelings without analyzing, suppressing, or encouraging them. When you allow yourself to feel and acknowledge your worries, irritations, painful memories, and other difficult thoughts and emotions, this often helps them dissipate. Learn more.