Guided self-help courses for managing psychological conditions

Whether you are dealing with anxiety, burnout or depression, santé24’s psychological self-help courses equip you to improve your mental health. Read on to discover how this works.

Guided psychological self-help courses at a glance

Guided online self-help courses equip participants to cope better with mental health issues including:

anxiety
stress
sleep disorders
depressive moods

The personalised guidance and practical exercises and strategies are designed to promote your health and wellbeing. The following psychological self-help courses are available:

The sleep self-help course is suitable for you if you:

have difficulty falling asleep at night
struggle to sleep through the night
wake up too early in the mornings
lack energy and feel exhausted due to inadequate sleep
may be feeling the physical effects of poor sleep

⇢ santé24 will work with you to establish whether or not your symptoms have a physical cause.

This course will teach you:

effective psychological methods to improve your sleep
to understand the root causes of your own sleep problems
how you can go about changing these

The depression self-help course is suitable for you if you:

frequently feel sad or low
regularly experience a sense of inner emptiness
take less pleasure in life over the longer term
are potentially feeling physical effects (such as insomnia, loss of appetite, headaches or difficulty concentrating)

santé24 will work with you to establish whether or not your symptoms have a physical cause.

This course will teach you:

what causes feelings of depression, how they manifest themselves and how you can reduce them
how to break out of negative thought patterns
how to become more balanced, optimistic and productive again, one step at a time

The anxiety and panic attacks course can help you if you:

repeatedly find yourself struggling with symptoms of anxiety or panic
avoid certain situations or places out of fear
feel constricted by your fears in your day-to-day life

This course will teach you:

what causes symptoms of anxiety and panic
why these feelings are so persistent
how to reduce your symptoms
how to develop helpful ways of coping with your symptoms
what long-term strategies you can apply to strengthen your mental health and prevent relapses

The pain course is suitable for you if:

you have persistent or chronic physical pain that is not solely caused by a physical illness
medical treatments have so far not helped you
pain is affecting your work and quality of life

This course will teach you:

to find new ways of managing your pain
how to adopt a non-judgmental approach to your pain
to consciously direct your attention away from your pain
to regain control of your day-to-day life again according to your own wishes, needs and objectives

This preventive course on developing a healthier relationship with alcohol is suitable for you if you:

want to reflect on your drinking patterns and make targeted changes to preventively reduce your alcohol consumption
are aware that you often have issues with your alcohol consumption and that this may be affecting your day-to-day life.

Please note: This course is not intended for people with an existing alcohol dependency.

This course will teach you:

how to better assess your own alcohol intake via a self-test
how to cope with challenges without turning to alcohol
how to optimise your life and enjoy alcohol consciously

This self-help course is suitable for you if you:

experience difficulties with vaginal penetration during sex, e.g. with a penis, or in general (e.g. tampon, fingers, gynaecological examination)
suffer from pain and anxiety before and during vaginal penetration

This course will teach you:

to better understand sexual discomfort
to deal with intrusive thoughts or anxieties before and during vaginal penetration
to break the pain loop

To follow the course, you will need a dilator, which you will have to buy yourself.

This self-help course is suitable for you if you:

suffer from diabetes (type 1 or type 2) and want to improve your quality of life
often feel sad or low, listless and uninterested in anything
often have thoughts that revolve around your health and possible complications

This course will teach you:

what causes feelings of depression
how diabetes and depression are related
how you can improve your mood
how you can strengthen your problem-solving skills
how to cope better with stressful thoughts or worries

A brief introduction to SWICA’s online psychological self-help courses

Effectiveness and use of the guided psychological self-help courses

santé24’s team of psychologists will talk to you over the phone to establish whether a course meets your needs.
Guided online self-help courses are no substitute for outpatient psychotherapy or inpatient treatment.
However, studies show that the courses achieve an effect comparable to that of outpatient psychotherapy.
Taking a course at an early stage can deliver rapid improvements in psychological symptoms.
Experience shows that previous participants have made impressive progress.

Are you interested in the guided psychological self-help programme?

If you are insured with SWICA, your personal santé24 coach is looking forward to hearing from you. Here’s how it works:

Request a telephone consultation via our appointment booking system or contact form.
Your santé24 coach will be in touch.
They will talk to you over the phone to establish whether an online self-help course is right for you.

All the information you provide is subject to a professional duty of confidentiality and can only be viewed by your specialist coaches at santé24.

This service is available to SWICA customers with a basic or supplementary insurance plan. If you have daily benefits insurance, please use the contact form.

Guided self-help courses for managing psychological conditions

Guided psychological self-help courses at a glance

Online self-help course: stress management

Online self-help course: sleep problems

Online self-help course: depression

Self-help course: anxiety disorders and panic attacks

Self-help course: chronic pain

Self-help course: a healthier relationship with alcohol

Specific pain course: for managing pain during sex, vaginismus, genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder (=GPPPD) or dyspareunia

Self-help course: managing symptoms of depression for people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes

Effectiveness and use of the guided psychological self-help courses

Are you interested in the guided psychological self-help programme?

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