Customer case study · University of Utah
Prevention that reached over 1,000 students — and moved the numbers.
Anxiety fell by a third. Life satisfaction rose by 17%.
- Partner
- University of Utah
- Participants
- 1,000+ college students
- 453 study participants
- Period
- 2020–2024
- Format
- 6–8 week cohorts of ~10
Reach students before crisis.
Mental health challenges are surfacing earlier and were deepened by the pandemic. Counseling serves the students who seek help. The university wanted a proactive option that worked alongside the Counseling Center.
Skills in the app. Connect in a group.
Students learned and practiced skills in the WeBeWell app, then met weekly on Zoom in small cohorts, led by trained student paraprofessionals and licensed clinicians — alongside the counseling center, not instead of it.
01 Learn
A topic in the app at the start of the week.
02 Practice
Skills through the week, with in-app reminders.
03 Reflect
On what worked, individually.
04 Connect
A weekly live group to apply skills.
App-delivered curriculum
On iOS, Android and the web, and easy to deploy through learning management systems like Canvas.
Psychoeducation support groups
60 minutes a week on Zoom with the same cohort of ~10 students. It isn't therapy.
Less distress. More well-being.
Percent change in mean scores from pre- to post-test across 453 University of Utah students.
Depression
Anxiety
Life satisfaction
Resilience
“Mental health issues are presenting themselves at earlier ages and have been exacerbated by the pandemic. It is imperative that we recognize the need for earlier interventions to protect our students and the future workforce. We are proud of the work WeBeWell is doing on our campus and in our community, creating innovative solutions to the mental health crisis.”
Bring WeBeWell to your students.
A proven prevention program that keeps students enrolled is not just a wellness expense — it's a retention investment.