WellTrack Boost FAQs

Free Mental Help in your Pocket

College life can be exciting, overwhelming, and everything in between. That’s why the University of Illinois is proud to offer Welltrack Boost — a free, easy-to-use app designed to help you track your mental health, reduce stress, and build resilience, all on your schedule.

Whether you're managing stress from classes, navigating relationships, or simply trying to stay balanced, Boost is here for you.

What is Welltrack Boost?

Welltrack Boost is a wellness app with self-driven mental health tools available to all University of Illinois students. It’s designed to help you better understand your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers simple, effective strategies to support your mental wellbeing.

Boost includes:

  • MoodCheck: Quickly track your mood and notice patterns over time.
  • Zen Room: Relax and unwind with guided meditations and calming exercises.
  • Self-Guided Series: Build skills in managing anxiety, improving sleep, navigating depression, boosting resilience, and more.
  • Interactive Tools: Use CBT-based exercises like Thought Diary and Room for the Positive to shift unhelpful thinking and create healthy habits.
  • Confidential Wellness Assessments: Complete assessment tools to get insight into your wellbeing.

All in one place. Always available. Always private.

Why Use Boost?

  • On Your Time: Access Boost anytime, anywhere — whether you’re up late studying or need support during a break between classes.
  • Confidential: Your activity stays private in Boost. You can choose to sync and share with your counselor, but that is up to you!
  • Proven Tools: Rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and DBT practices, Boost is developed with extensive research, subject matter expertise, focus groups, and Welltrack Boost’s rigorous clinical review process.
  • Get Ahead of Stress: Build habits and skills today that help prevent issues tomorrow.

I see a Counselor already. How will this help me?

Therapy is powerful. It's where you explore your story, shift patterns, and get support from someone who truly listens. But therapy happens once a week (or less). Life happens every day.

That’s where Welltrack Boost fits in.

Boost gives you tools in your pocket to help between sessions:

  • Practice skills in real life. Did your therapist teach you a grounding strategy? Use Boost’s Zen Room to actually practice it when you're stressed in the moment.
  • Track patterns over time. It’s easy to forget how you felt two weeks ago. Mood Check helps you capture emotional patterns and see how your coping is working.
  • ​​​​​​​Stay engaged with your goals. Whether you're building a gratitude habit or challenging negative thoughts, Boost helps you stay on track day-to-day.
  • Boost bridges the gap between sessions, keeping therapy work alive and helping you show up more prepared and aware when you walk back in.

How to Get Started

Getting started is easy — and free.

Step 1: Access the platform via:

                                               
Step 2: Sign up using your @illinois.edu email address.


Step 3: Explore Boost’s tools and start your wellness journey.

Having trouble? Reach out at support@welltrack.com

 

How secure is my personal data?

  • Welltrack Boost was vetted through Illinois IT security before it was offered to students.  All the data is encrypted in transit and at rest and is housed on Azure servers. Welltrack Boost is HITRUST certified.
  • For additional information, view Welltrack Boost’s privacy policy.

 

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