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News and Updates



As your dedicated employee assistance partner, Preferred EAP brings you first rate services, up-to-date information, and excellent training opportunities.
Announcing BeneFIT -- Corporate Wellness is a journey. Let BeneFIT be your guide.
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Developed by the health innovators of Valley Preferred, BeneFIT provides worksite wellness solutions for companies that value healthier employees and enhanced productivity.
BeneFIT’s team of Wellness Champions combines the expertise of Certified Health Education Specialists, clinicians, fitness and nutrition experts into custom wellness programs to energize employees, companies and futures.
Now Available to ALL Companies in Eastern PA
Regardless of Health Plan
BeneFIT Can Provide Your Company With Any or All of These Corporate Wellness Services:
- Initial Assessments
- Action Planning and Guidance
- Expert Wellness Consultation
- Population Needs Assessment
- Signature Health Fairs and Event Coordination
- Biometric Screening and Assessments
- Onsite Health Demonstrations
- Seminars and Workshops with Expert Speakers
- Evaluation of Wellness Data
- Reporting of Outcomes and Measurables
- Personal Health Suite
- Online Wellness Assessment, Healthy Living Programs, Tools and Resources
- Preferred EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
- BeneFIT Toolkit
For more information, and a no-obligation look at how Valley Preferred and
BeneFIT can help your company on its Way to Wellness, please contact Valley Preferred at 610-969-0486 or 1-800-955-6620.
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Only Preferred EAP

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We are the region’s only Employee Assistance Program that is hospital-based, staff model and EAP-dedicated.
Hospital-Based
Preferred EAP is a division of Lehigh Valley Health Network meaning we have access to the support and resources of the area’s premier health care system. And because of this connection, we are the only EAP that can provide ready access to psychiatrists.
Staff Model
All services are provided by our staff working from our offices. This means that a single telephone call is all that’s needed to initiate service and arrange appointments. It also means that people in crisis will be offered an appointment within 24-hours of contacting us, almost always on the same day.
EAP-Dedicated
At Preferred EAP employee assistance counseling is all we do. This means we can focus full-time on helping your employees find and implement practical and timely solutions to the problems that bring them to us. It also means that we understand and appreciate the performance and productivity concerns of the organizations that sponsor our services.
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New Customers
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Preferred EAP is pleased to welcome these New Customers. We are looking forward to long and mutually satisfying relationships with each of these outstanding organizations.
• Surgery Center of Allentown
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Winter & Spring 2012 Training & Development Series
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- Very well done! I’ll be recommending other supervisors and directors to attend.
- I never looked at the clock until it was over!
- Well organized and focused.
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Great instructor.
...comments from participants at recent Training and Development Series Programs, Dealing with Conflict and Assertiveness - Yes You Can.

The Winter & Spring 2012 schedule is listed below. All Programs are from 9 AM to 11 AM.

These Programs are available -- at no charge -- to all Preferred EAP Customers, as well as to Valley Preferred member organizations.

All Programs are conducted at either Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest & I78 or Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg. Please call Preferred EAP for directions. Pre-registration is required.

To register click here or call Preferred EAP at 610-433-8550.

Winter & Spring 2012
•Assertiveness - Yes, You Can! - Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at LVH Muhlenberg, ECC Room D
•Take Control of Your Stress - Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at LVH Cedar Crest & I78, Kasych Conference Room 9
•Where to Step In - EAP Training for Managers and Supervisors - Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at LVH Cedar Crest & I78, Kasych Conference Room 9
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New 'Depression Scale' Tool
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The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CESD) Scale questionnaire was developed in the 1970’s to detect clinical depression. It asks you to report the frequency with which each of twenty events was experienced during the previous week. On this scale (see below), circle the number next to each item that best reflects how frequently you experienced that event in the past seven days.

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