Small business owners can receive free and confidential emotional coaching and wellbeing support.
Small business owners can receive free and confidential emotional coaching and wellbeing support.
About Business Wellness Coaching
If you’re a small business owner in Southern Queensland, we offer free and confidential emotional coaching and wellbeing support.
We support metro and regional small business owners who are experiencing mental health or emotional wellbeing stress. Our Business Wellness Coaches can help with stress from many areas of your lives, such as stress from your business, or other challenges including personal, relationship or health issues.
Sit down and have a chat with a locally-based Business Wellness Coach and work through your unique, personal business challenges, needs and opportunities in an understanding environment.
Our Business Wellness Coaches are qualified mental health and wellbeing professionals with a background in business. So you can be assured you’re talking with someone who can help you ‘take the next right step’.
How we can help
Free service
Our emotional coaching and wellbeing support is totally free, with no additional payments.
Qualified Coaches
Our Wellness Coaches are qualified in psychology, counselling or behavioural science.
One-to-one support
You’ll receive one-to-one emotional coaching and wellbeing support – from one Wellness Coach.
Customised to you
We’ll work together to reduce your stress, improve wellbeing and develop strategies for the future.
Flexible timeframes
The length of time we provide support is based on your needs (short or extended duration).
No medical referral
You don’t need a medical referral. Our service isn’t connected to Medicare or mental health plans.
Different ways to chat
Talk with us on the phone or video call. In South East Queensland? We can also chat in person.
Financial counselling
You also have the option of receiving free financial counselling (if financial hardship applies).
The support provided by a Business Wellness Coach is not clinical and does not include prescribing medical aids. If it’s identified that your needs exceed the support available from a coach, you’ll be referred to an appropriately licenced clinician.
Early warning signs
Be aware of the early warning signs that may indicate you need to pay attention to your emotional wellbeing.
Work-related indicators
- Not meeting deadlines
- Not working to your usual standards
- Withdrawing from staff
- Having trouble concentrating
- Feeling less engaged than usual
- Feeling worthless or like a failure
- Being absent from work
Personal indicators
- Feeling irritable, nervous, angry, anxious or worried
- Feeling depressed or low in energy
- Having trouble sleeping
- Sleeping too much
- Waking up and having difficulty getting back to sleep
- Experiencing weight or appetite changes
- Consuming more alcohol or other substances
- Withdrawing from friends and family
- Experiencing panic attacks
- Having emotional or aggressive outbursts
- Engaging in destructive behaviour
You should seek assistance if you have noticed a change in your feelings, thoughts or behaviour that:
- lasts for more than a few weeks
- affects your relationships and ability to work, learn or socialise
- prevents you from participating in activities you’ve previously enjoyed.
Our Business Wellness Coaches
Get in touch with one of our Business Wellness Coaches to access our free and confidential emotional coaching and wellbeing support.
Katherine Watson
Southern Queensland
Supporting all Southern Queensland areas:
- in-person support in South East Queensland
- telephone and video calls in all Southern Queensland.
Toowoomba Office
0429 370 116
katherine.watson@sbfcssq.org.au
Martin McGlone
Southern Queensland
Supporting all Southern Queensland areas:
- in-person support in South East Queensland
- telephone and video calls in all Southern Queensland.
Brisbane Office
0400 738 911
martin.mcglone@sbfcssq.org.au
Sandra O’Neill
Southern Queensland
Supporting all Southern Queensland areas:
- in-person support in South East Queensland
- telephone and video calls in all Southern Queensland.
Brisbane Office
0428 144 618
sandra.oneill@sbfcssq.org.au
Heidi Gray
Wide Bay / Burnett
Supporting Gympie and surrounding areas:
- in-person support
- telephone and video calls.
Gympie Office
0457 565 244
heidi.gray@sbfcssq.org.au
Kim Walker
South East Queensland
Supporting Brisbane and surrounding areas:
- in-person support
- telephone and video calls.
Brisbane Office
0498 967 167
kim.walker@sbfcssq.org.au
Madeline Turnbull
South East Queensland
Supporting Ipswich and surrounding areas:
- in-person support
- telephone and video calls.
Ipswich Office
0467 933 234
madeline.turnbull@sbfcssq.org.au
Have a general enquiry?
Get in touch if you have an enquiry about our Business Wellness Coaching Service.
Frequently asked questions
Is my small business eligible?
A small business will be eligible for Business Wellness Coaching if you:
- employ fewer than 20 full time equivalent employees (you may have more than 20 part time employees)
- have an annual turnover of under $10 million
- have an active Australian Business Number (ABN)
- have headquarters located within Southern Queensland
- have owners who are not insolvent or an undischarged bankrupt
- have your small business as your primary income source (i.e. 50% or more of your total income).
If the income from your business has recently decreased and is no longer 50% or more of your total income, you may still be eligible:
- you must have a recent record of your small business being your primary income source, and
- your small business must have the potential to be your primary income source in the future (as determined by your Business Wellness Coach or Financial Counsellor).
Business Wellness Coaching
Assistance provided through the:
Jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA)
Queensland Government
Other pages you might like
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