Feeling Overwhelmed?

I recently learned about a free online service called E-Couch. It's a online system for helping people with anxiety & depression if they're unable or unwilling to visit a specialist in person. It's based in Australia, funded by the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, but anyone from anywhere in the world can log in & use the system.


E-couch is more suitable for people with mild depression or anxiety symptoms, or as a first step towards professional help that can include talk therapy or medication. There are surveys you can take to assess your symptoms, little cartoon stories about how depression can make you see life situations as being worse than they are, and a lot of encouragement that anyone can get better if they use the tools provided. Part of the aim of the program seems to be to destigmatize mental illness, and convince someone who is struggling that it is a common problem, and doesn't reflect badly on them as a person.

Sample page from e-couch program