Coping with stress can be hard. Your emotions and mental wellbeing can have a big impact on your life, affecting your sleep, work and relationships.
Beyond Blue offers free and confidential mental health coaching programs. With support from trained coaches, you'll build practical skills to help manage everyday life challenges and strengthen your mental wellbeing.
We’ve developed a tailored mental health coaching program for small business owners, available by phone or online from anywhere in Australia.
You’ll be matched with a specially trained mental health coach with a small business background.
Before Blue is available to employees of participating organisations.
Before Blue for workplaces is a free and highly confidential mental health coaching service, delivered via phone or videoconferencing. No GP referral is required.
At the first session with your coach, you will:
Complete questionnaires.
Talk through your challenges, choosing one or two issues to focus on.
Develop a problem statement, defining exactly what the issues are.
Create a plan based on your needs, including practical actions to tackle the issues.
Start coaching.
Your coach will then talk to you about booking follow up sessions to work through the program and monitor progress.
If you need different support than what our mental health coaching program can offer, your coach will help you find a more appropriate service.
Each week you will work with your coach to review their progress and work through your planned actions.
Your coach will give you practical activities to complete between sessions.
At the final session, your coach will help decide whether you need to seek more support. This could include talking to a GP or seeing a psychologist.
Just like counselling, your coach will support you to develop and work through your own tailored plan.
However, mental health coaching is different to counselling because:
You don’t need a GP referral or mental health treatment plan to access the program
It’s funded by the government so there’s no cost to you
It’s easy to access without long delays
Get free, confidential phone counselling any time of the day or night on 1300 22 4636.
Experienced counsellors are available online 24/7 at our free Webchat Support Service.
We're so glad you're looking for support for your mental health. Taking the first step can be difficult, and we're here to help.
If you're not eligible for one of our mental health coaching programs, or it's not the most appropriate support for your needs, there are other options available.
Check if a similar program is available through your local primary health network
Find a mental health professional near you
Learn about other options for mental health support
Connect with other trusted, accredited mental health services via Medicare Mental Health
The Digital Mental Health Standards were developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care to support the identification of high‑quality digital mental health services. The Standards were informed by consultation with people who use digital mental health services, mental health professionals, and industry, with a focus on safety, quality, and effectiveness.
Accredited services are required to comply with the requirements. Accreditation is granted by an approved accrediting agency trained to assess safety and quality requirements. These agencies review evidence to confirm that services meet the Digital Mental Health Standards. Further information about the Standards and the accreditation process is available from the Commission.
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