nutrition and weight management and some of the coaches possess credentials in mental health application_number US 50939906 A description some advantages of eacps to employees and employers flow from the eacp 39 s use of a standardized health and or wellness coaching model together with a utilization based cost structure the eacp coaches offer several significant advantages compared to the traditional mental health professionals used in eaps both for employees and employers coaches provide the eacp service as coaches not behavioral health therapists although some of the coaches are also trained and licensed as behavioral health therapists the mindset and approach is not primarily to instruct the employee on what to do and how to do it nor to try to fashion a quick fix of a problem coaches have been trained to help people make and sustain improvements in self awareness self concept and behavior a coach works with an employee to co create a vision for changed self concept and behavior and together they make a plan for behavior change that includes a clear understanding of intrinsic motivators and values and the development of strategies to overcome obstacles and build confidence in making lasting change working with a coach is appealing and does not carry the stigma unfair but true of working with some one who is labeled as in an eap a therapist further coaches in an eacp have as a group additional expertise in a wide range of specialties needed by a wide.