Get a mental health coach that gets small business
Owning a small business is tough. But you don't have to do it alone.
NewAccess for Small Business is a free, confidential mental health coaching program, designed specifically to help small business owners and sole traders manage stress, anxiety and overwhelm.
✔ 8 free mental health coaching sessions - No GP referral needed.
✔ Flexible & confidential - Phone or video coaching that fits your schedule.
✔ Personalised support - Coaches who understand you.
Mental health coaches to guide you through life's challenges
Manage work stress & financial worries
Improve sleep & wellbeing
Build healthier relationships
Get better work-life balance
Navigate small business challenges
Overcome feelings of exhaustion or burnout
Sign up and get a welcome call in 48 hours
An intake officer will answer your questions and book you into your first session.
Talk through challenges with your coach and get a personalised plan
In the first session, your coach will work with you to understand your challenges and their causes. Your coach will help you set goals and provide practical actions to achieve them.
Connect weekly with your coach
Over 5 weekly sessions, your coach will continue to support you by measuring your progress against your goals and provide further activities to complete between sessions.
Stay on track with check-ins after the program
The program is suitable if you:
✔ Own a small business with 20 or less employees, or are a sole trader
✔ Feel stressed, overwhelmed, or anxious
✔ Are able to commit to weekly sessions and activities between sessions
If you are unsure whether this is right for you, get in touch.
We'll help you find the best support.
The program helped me enormously. I started to feel less lonely. I got my feelings of overwhelm under control. I am so grateful for the program and would recommend it to any small business owner out there. You don’t have to go through this alone."
Meg, NewAccess for Small Business participant
Navigating small business stress: Sam's NewAccess experience
More information about NewAccess for Small Business Owners
The program is a joint initiative by Beyond Blue and the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman. It’s a response to rising calls for a dedicated mental health support service for small business owners.NewAccess mental health coaching is based on the United Kingdom’s successful Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) model.
NewAccess for Small Business Owners is funded by The Treasury and delivered by Richmond Fellowship Queensland.
A government agency called the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in HealthCare wrote the Digital Mental Health Standards to help people identify high quality digital mental health services. They worked with people who use digital mental health, mental health experts and industry to make sure that accredited services pay attention to the things that keep services safe.An accredited service keeps your information private and they will ask for your feedback to make the service better. They also make sure their services are based on strong evidence.
A service gets accredited by an approved agency that has been trained to check for safety and quality issues. They check evidence to show the service meets the Digital MentalHealth Standards so you can know that the service keeps people safe. The Commission has more information on the Digital Mental Health Standards and what accreditation means.
