About us
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:
- High quality information and resources to help you understand mental health difficulties and their treatment.
- 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.
- 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
- depression-anxiety
- 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
Mental Health Online upholds the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights. The Charter describes rights that consumers, or someone they care for, can expect when receiving health care. Access the Charter below.
Our Model of Care
Detailed information about our service and how it is delivered is available in our Model of Care PDF.
Our Annual Report
Information about our activities and who we supported, including safety, quality and highlights throughout 2023.
Our team
Director: Associate Professor Neil Thomas, MAPS, FCCLP
Deputy Director: Professor Maja Nedeljkovic, MAPS, FCCLP
Clinic Director: Dr Hailey Tremain
Clinical Educator: Peter Steele
Clinical Specialist: Zoë Partington
Clinic Administration Coordinator: 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
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, Clinical 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.