The Future of Mental Health: Wave’s Self-guided App is Leading the Charge
PREFER TO LISTEN? WE GOT YOU.The world is facing an unprecedented mental health crisis, with more people seeking support than ever before. Yet, the mental health space has become crowded with services that often offer outdated models — limited availability, high costs, and rigid scheduling — that can’t meet today’s urgent demand.
Digital health solutions meet the moment.
Traditional therapy usually means scheduled, in-person sessions (often once a week at most) which can make it tough to get help when you really need it. But with digital mental health solutions, you get support at your fingertips 24/7 and the freedom to connect whenever works best for you. Imagine getting help right when you’re feeling anxious or stressed, instead of waiting for your next appointment.
Wave’s mental health app does things differently.
Wave’s mental health app has a self-guided program and live coaching for flexible, step-by-step support.
In the sea of digital mental health solutions, one stands out: Wave. Wave’s mental health app has a self-guided program and live coaching. Wave combines expert behavioral support with best-in-class tech for a new kind of care. Here’s what sets Wave apart:
Flexible, Step-by-Step Support: Wave’s stepped-care approach starts with easy access to a self-guided program through the Wave app, with the option of adding on-demand personalized coaching sessions. This way, users always get the right care at the right time.
Personalized Care: Using data-driven assessments, Wave’s Recommengine and certified health and wellness coaches create a personalized plan that meets each person’s unique needs and goals.
24/7 Support: With ongoing messaging access to a coach, people have continuous support between sessions. They also get crisis referrals if needed, guided assessments, and a rich library of educational resources and hands-on exercises to help them build skills anytime.
Wave offers live coaching sessions.
Wave’s digital mental health coaches help people develop coping strategies, set personal goals, and improve mental health using evidence-based techniques. It's a flexible, accessible approach for managing stress, improving resilience, and enhancing overall mental wellness.
With the Wave app, help is available right away: People can choose a 30-minute coaching appointment time that works for them, including same day careday-care. Upon signup, Wave’s initial assessment provides a customized program for each user. Users can meet with and message their coach on the same day they sign up.
Throughout the Wave program, users can continue to schedule coaching whenever they need it. And One-on-one messaging with theira coach is available between sessions. Coaches respond in real time Monday through Friday for immediate support.
Wave users also get support between sessions, with unlimited access to skills practice, assessments, journaling, psychoeducation, and crisis referral.
The Wave app also has a self-guided program.
Get 24/7 access to support, with byte-sized education, immersive skill-building, and more–all backed by science.
With Wave’s self-guided, personalized mental health app, people have 24/7 access to support. Even if a Wave user isn’t signed up for coaching, they can dramatically improve their mental health with:
“Byte”-sized education helps people learn new skills and build understanding
Audio and video content with immersive skill-building experiences
An extensive content library — with support for anxiety, depression, work-life balance, attachment styles, healthy communication, ADHD, hormone health, and much more. (Check it out here.)
An interactive journal with AI-generated summaries and personalized insights
“Mood poems” where people can reflect on how they’re feeling and get a mood haiku to share with others
With Wave, count on the best clinical outcomes and highest ROI.
In a pilot study, Wave users showed substantial improvements in depression, anxiety, and stress over time. Despite considerable variability in initial symptom severity, roughly two months post-coaching initiation, the vast majority of users were classified as experiencing normal to mild symptoms; few if any still experienced severe to extremely severe symptoms.
Wave’s pilot study showed…
From baseline to 60 days, cases of “severe” and “extremely severe” depression reduced from 33% to 0%.
At baseline, 79% of users had elevated (greater than normal) anxiety. By 60 days, 75% reached “normal” levels.
At baseline, half of users experienced moderate to extremely severe stress. By 60 days, 75% had normal to mild stress.
Wave users are highly engaged.
Here’s another thing that sets Wave’s self-guided app apart: people actually want to use it! While engagement with digital mental health solutions is often surprisingly low, a whopping 88% of Wave users engage with their personalized care program.
On average, each Wave user has 7 one-on-one coaching sessions. Each user also completes about 12 check-ins and assessments. They do an average of 12 pre-session bytes before meeting with their provider, 7 bytes between sessions, and 5 bytes per week.
In their own words, Wave users told us: “This is the longest time in 3 years that I’ve been able to stay out of a major depressive episode” and “This is the fastest and easiest it’s been for me to feel comfortable with someone.”
Wave’s mental health app is the future.
In 2025 and beyond, we need mental health solutions that truly meet people where they are. Flexible, self-guided care is the new standard. With Wave’s mental health app, you get access to personalized content you can use anytime, anywhere and a mental health provider who’s always just a message away. With new features like interactive journaling and mood haikus, Wave is moving the mental health conversation forward and helping people make real changes in their lives.