About Us
A better EAP that helps you manage workplace stressors, support your team, and stay legally compliant - all in one place.
Our Vision
To Bring Quality Mental Health Support Within Everyone's Reach
Meet our founder
For nearly a decade Joel has been actively working to improve the accessibility of mental health across Australia.
This stemmed from his own lived experience of hitting rock bottom and embarking on a mission to try and prevent anyone from going through what he did.
Leadership team
Our team boasts top green energy experts, driving innovation in sustainability.
Joel Anderson
Founder & CEO
Louise Thompson
Head of Risk & Compliance
Corey McIntyre
Chief Technology Officer
Katie Ling
Head of Strategy & Operations
Ben Lucas
Head of Marketing
Our mission
To bring quality wellbeing support within everyone's reach by making it simple for businesses to navigate compliance while supporting employee wellbeing
Lived Experience
Foremind is Australia’s leading proactive mental safety and compliance platform, built from lived experience to prevent crises before they start.
Everyone thrives
Our vision is workplaces where everyone thrives. Each year, over 10 million Australians need mental health support, but only half receive it due to access, stigma, cost, and timing.
Holistic Approach
We treat mental health as part of the full employee experience, not a last-minute crisis fix. By pairing psychosocial hazard compliance with culture support, we offer discreet, accessible care people use.
Driving cultural change
With Australia-based customer service, we partner across construction, healthcare, professional services, aged care and more to deliver mental health support that drives cultural change for small to mid-sized employers.
Investors & board
When we first backed Joel in 2022, we saw extraordinary potential in both the founder and Foremind's mission. Two and a half years later, that early belief has been validated many times over. This third investment reflects our continued confidence not just in Foremind's impressive expansion into new SME sectors, but in Joel's outstanding leadership as he scales the product, team, and impact across new markets.
Maxine Lee, Investment Director at Skalata
We’re excited to invest in the Foremind team as they tackle a clear gap in workplace mental health. Foremind have found a significant opportunity in industries, like construction, healthcare and education that have been underserved by traditional tools, where workers face high stress but have limited access to support.
Adam Milgrom, Partner at Giant Leap
Our journey with Foremind began by supporting Joel Anderson as a Snow Entrepreneur, providing wraparound support and growth grant funding for their life-changing work. Foremind has made tremendous progress, and we are excited to now invest in their next phase of growth and impact. We can’t wait to see Joel and the skilled, dedicated team at Foremind continue to make a significant difference in ensuring psychosocial safety and mental health support for workers in all businesses.
Georgina Byron AM, CEO of Snow Foundation
Latest insights
Answers to the frequently asked questions.
Still have questions?
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Foremind offers multilingual support, with professionals available in languages including Spanish, Portuguese, mandarin, vietnamese and Persian
All counsellors must apply to the role and are interviewed before added to the platform, must meet the criteria as per the below.- We employee counsellors, mental health social workers, mental health nurses and psychotherapists.- Qualifications in Counselling, Psychotherapy or Social Work, minimum Bachelor or Masters qualification- Minimum 3 years direct practice experience post graduation- Registration with appropriate body – PACFA Clinical registration, ACA level 2 minimum, Accredited Mental health Social worker or Clinical Social worker- Broad experience providing individual coaching, counselling and support for personal and work-related issues- How far reaching is your EAP? We have counsellors located in every major city in Australia.
What is the difference between counsellors and psychologists? 1. Qualifications & Training - Counsellor: Typically holds a Diploma or Master’s degree in counselling, or psychotherapy. Their training is focused on practical techniques for supporting mental health and well-being.- Psychologist: Requires a Master’s or Doctorate degree in psychology and must be registered with a AHPRA Their training includes clinical assessments, diagnosis, and therapy.2. Scope of Practice- Counsellor: Provides talk therapy and guidance for life challenges like stress, anxiety, work issues, and relationships. They help clients develop coping strategies but do not diagnose mental disorders.- Psychologist: Can provide therapy like a counsellor but also conducts clinical assessments, diagnoses mental health disorders, and uses evidence-based treatments like CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy).3. Who Should You See?- If someone needs support for personal or work-related challenges, a counsellor is often enough.- If someone is experiencing mental health concerns, like depression, PTSD, or needs a formal diagnosis, a psychologist is more appropriate.
- Counsellors only offer f2f after the initial consult.- At Foremind, all face-to-face sessions must begin with an initial online session.- The initial online session gives your counsellor the opportunity to explain exactly how their face-to-face sessions work, what options are available, and to ensure everything is properly scheduled. This helps avoid confusion and makes sure you get the best experience possible.- For sales team info; @Dylan This is because our system currently doesn't allow therapists to list separate locations and availability for face-to-face sessions, and many of our counsellors offer in-person appointments only at specific times or locations.- For example, Skai near Byron Bay provides face-to-face sessions, but only on Thursdays and with enough advance notice to arrange space and travel.- F2F sessions also need a bigger time-buffer between so they cannot be booked back-to-back.- Availability for space -- First session is counted + information to book in counselling to allow make- F2f take 3 sessions to break through pleasing tendencies - therapeutic alliance - online