{"id":7567,"date":"2026-06-09T10:25:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-health-and-well-being\/?p=7567"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:58:07","slug":"mental-health-help-in-smaller-doses-using-this-way-ups-resource-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-health-and-well-being\/2026\/06\/09\/mental-health-help-in-smaller-doses-using-this-way-ups-resource-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental health help in smaller doses: using This Way Up\u2019s Resource Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sometimes we don\u2019t need a whole course, appointment, or major life overhaul. Sometimes we just need a small, credible mental health resource that helps us understand what is happening, feel less alone, or take one next step.<\/p>\n

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In a previous post, which I revisit regularly and update<\/a>, I talk about how, in Australia, we have an excellent range of self-guided online therapy options.<\/p>\n

Sites like MindSpot<\/a> and This Way Up<\/a> provide a wide range of evidence-based therapeutic courses on mental illness and wellbeing. Many are free or very low cost. Some include therapist assistance.<\/p>\n

These courses can be stand-alone investments in your mental health or completed as an adjunct to therapy or counselling.<\/p>\n

For access to the courses, you typically do some kind of online assessment (e.g. the one at MindSpot<\/a>), which seeks to clarify the mental health challenges you\u2019ve been experiencing, and then register for the best-fitting course.<\/p>\n

But some of these sites also provide mental health tools and guides that you can access separately from enrolling in a full course.<\/p>\n

Courses are great when you are ready for a more structured commitment. You get more from them, but you also have to put in more time.<\/p>\n

Resource hubs are useful when you want something lighter: a quick explainer, a coping tool, a translated handout, or a simple practice to try.<\/p>\n

Sometimes we don\u2019t need (or aren’t ready for) a whole course, appointment, or major life overhaul. Sometimes it is enough to get a small, credible mental health resource that helps us understand what is happening, feel less alone, or take one next step.<\/p>\n

For example, I\u2019ve been getting practitioner emails from This Way Up for the last few months, which has alerted me to their growing Resource Hub.<\/a><\/p>\n

Their recent article, \u201c5 Simple Mindfulness Practices for Your Everyday<\/a>\u201d, captures nicely that mindfulness practices aren\u2019t limited to formal meditations. Mindfulness can also be woven into ordinary moments: noticing your breath, tuning into your senses, paying attention while doing everyday tasks, or creating a brief pause before reacting.<\/p>\n

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And it isn’t just this resource. There are other cool resources Resources<\/a>: tips for living well, coping tools, symptom explainers, and a bunch of translated resources.<\/p>\n

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The question then arises:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What should I do with these resources?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This varies depending on your situation and your readiness to make some changes in your life.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, you don\u2019t really need to do anything immediately. It might be as simple as reading an explainer, like one on anxiety and worry<\/a>, and feeling a bit validated that what you\u2019ve been experiencing is known about and that there are treatment options. That can be valuable in itself. A good explainer can give language to something that has felt messy or confusing. It can help you realise that other people experience similar things. It can make a problem feel a little less mysterious and a little more workable.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, one of the resources might convince you to make a change in your life, like exploring new ways to speak to someone about how you are feeling<\/a> or giving you a small practice to try. A breathing practice. A reflection question. A way of noticing thoughts. Ways of calming your emotions<\/a>. A suggestion for how to approach sleep, worry, stress, study, motivation, or relationships.<\/p>\n

Other times, the resource might finally convince you to sign up for a course, seek advice from a professional, or start the help-seeking or treatment process.<\/p>\n

To get more from these kinds of resources, ask yourself, after reading:<\/p>\n