Mental Health Online provides comprehensive and effective
online services and programs free of charge. If you’re experiencing
mental distress, our services can help you understand and address your needs
through self-assessment, self-help and, if you choose, online professional
support.
We are an initiative of Swinburne
University’s National eTherapy Centre (NeTC) and funded by Australia’s Federal
Department of Health.
What
does Mental Health Online do?
Mental Health Online provides free
resources and services to help people experiencing mental health difficulties,
including anxiety, panic attacks and depression. We provide:
1. High quality information and resources to help you understand mental
health difficulties and their treatment.
2. A comprehensive online psychological assessment program (e-PASS) to help you assess the type
and severity of difficulties you may be experiencing, and to suggest
treatments, including our free programs and therapist support.
3. Free 12-week online evidence-based treatment programs which you can complete in your own
time. We offer programs for:
generalised anxiety disorder
depression
social anxiety disorder
obsessive compulsive disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder
panic disorder with or without
agoraphobia
Made-4-Me, a tailored program
4. Free optional access to eTherapists to support you through your
treatment program. This is provided via email, but you can also add free video
or instant messaging sessions.
Register with Mental
Health Online to use our free services and learn more about your
mental health.
Our Mission and Values
Our mission is to ensure people
experiencing mental health difficulties have access to free information,
effective digital treatment programs, and appropriate further care
recommendations, accessible whenever and wherever it’s needed.
We value:
Greater choice and
self-determination about mental healthcare
Best-practice delivery of digital
solutions to support mental health
Accessible evidence-based mental
health care for all
Our Model of Care
Detailed information about our service and how it is delivered is available in our Model of Care.
Our team
Director: Associate Professor Neil Thomas, MAPS, FCCLP
Deputy Director: Associate Professor Maja Nedeljkovic, MAPS, FCCLP
Digital Mental Health Program Manager: Fiona Foley
Digital Mental Health Fellow: Dr Elizabeth Seabrook
Psychologists: Dr Hailey Tremain, MAPS; Carly Clutterbuck, Registered Psychologist
Clinic Administration Officer: Maeve Oakley
Mental Health Online Funding Partner
Australian Government Department of
Health
Contributors to Mental Health Online Program Content include:
Dr Jo Abbott, Health Psychologist
Assoc Professor David Austin, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Jacqueline Baulch, Clinical Psychologist
Fiona Foley, Digital Mental Health Program Manager
Professor Britt Klein, Clinical Psychologist
Professor Mike Kyrios, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Sue Lauder, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Joanna Mitchell, Psychologist
Assoc Prof Richard Moulding, Clinical Psychologist
Assoc Professor Maja Nedeljkovic, Clinical Psychologist
Dr David Nguyen, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Imogen Rehm, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Elizabeth Seabrook, Digital Mental Health Fellow
Kerrie Shandley, Research Fellow
Assoc Professor Neil Thomas, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Hailey Tremain, Psychologist
Dr Klaire Wallace, Clinical Psychologist
Past Funding Partners
Barbara Dicker Brain Sciences
Foundation, beyondblue, National Health and Medical Research Centre, The BROAD
Foundation.
External Expert Reviewers
Professor Gerhard Andersson,
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Behavioural Sciences and
Learning, Linköping University, Sweden
Professor Justin Kenardy, Professor in
Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia
Dr Sonja March, Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, Mayne Medical School, University of Queensland, Australia
Dr Clare Rees, Senior Lecturer,
School of Psychology - Clinical, Curtain University of Technology, Australia
Professor Nick Titov, Associate
Professor, Centre of Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Australia
Dr Helena Schutz, Clinical
Psychologist, Melbourne, Australia
Providing feedback
We value feedback. You can provide it at any
time using the contact methods on our Contact Us page.
Advertising policy: Mental
Health Online does not display commercial advertisements or receive any funding
from advertising.
Conflict of interest policy: NeTC
conforms with Swinburne University of Technology’s Conflict of Interest policy and procedure
Privacy policy: Swinburne
University of Technology (Swinburne) through the National eTherapy Centre
(NeTC) acknowledges and respects the privacy of individuals. Access our Privacy Policy here.
Important: Mental
Health Online’s services are not intended to replace face-to-face therapy. If,
at any time, you believe that Mental Health Online is not meeting or addressing
your needs, or gives rise to other concerns about your health, please seek the
services of an appropriate health care professional.