Renew Mental Health Coaching

Mental health challenges are common in Australia. In a 12-month period, around 1 in 5 Australians aged 16–85 experience a mental health event, with anxiety among the most common. If you or someone you love has experienced these conditions, you are likely to understand how they can affect everyday life.*

Renew Mental Health Coaching supports you to manage anxiety, depression, stress and related mental health challenges in the privacy of your own home. Delivered through our partner Spectrum.Life, Renew is designed to complement the usual care you receive from your GP, psychologist or psychiatrist, while helping you build practical skills, confidence and strategies for ongoing self-management.

How does Renew Mental Health Coaching work?

Designed to help you manage life’s challenges, Renew offers confidential, individually tailored support to complement the usual care you receive from your GP, psychologist or psychiatrist.

Renew is an 8-16 week coaching program delivered by telephone or videocall.

You will begin with a remote nursing assessment to understand your needs and determine whether Renew is clinically suitable for you.

If enrolled, you will work with a psychologist-led coaching team over the phone or by video call at times that suit you. The program includes structured coaching, nurse care coordination, and where clinically appropriate, optional support from an exercise physiologist or dietitian.

Throughout the program, your care team will work with you to build practical strategies that support your emotional wellbeing, daily functioning and long-term self-management.

Drawing on evidence-based approaches, Renew can help you:

better understand and manage symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress
build practical coping strategies and healthier daily routines
improve confidence in managing your health and wellbeing
stay engaged with the care and support you need over time

Are you eligible for Renew Mental Health Coaching?

To access Renew Mental Health Coaching, you need to:

have eligible hospital cover with Australian Unity for 12 months
be aged 18 years or over
complete an eligibility and clinical suitability assessment before starting the program

Find out more

To find out more about Renew Mental Health Coaching, fill out a referral form at https://forms.tacklit.com/vh-referral or call Spectrum.Life on 1300 561 020.

*Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2020–2022 (released 5 October 2023). Key findings include that 21.5% of Australians aged 16–85 had a 12-month mental disorder, with anxiety the most common group (17.2%).

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