Nioda Kensington / Caroline Farris
31 Aug 2026
INTRODUCING: FOUNDATIONS MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH DAY PROGRAM ON THE SUNSHINE COAST, QUEENSLAND
FACT: An estimated 1 in 5 Sunshine Coast adults will experience a mental health condition in the next 12 months — but the Sunshine Coast Hinterland has no accessible program for people who need more than weekly therapy and less than hospital care.
FACT: Public mental health services on the Sunshine Coast are reserved for acute crises — leaving a documented gap for people who are struggling but not yet in crisis.
FACT: Early intervention leads to significantly better outcomes than waiting until a crisis develops.
FACT: The public system treats crisis. Private options treat the wallet. Almost nothing treats the middle.
Foundations Mental Health, based in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, is a mental health and addiction support service, providing in-person care for people whose mental health or substance use needs more support than weekly 1:1 therapy can offer — but who are not yet in need of hospitalisation.
We exist in the gap between occasional 1:1 therapy and crisis or hospital-based care — supporting people early, before a mental health or addiction issue has the chance to escalate further.
Our program is built on the understanding that integration happens in real-time. We support YOU during daily life; learning is immediately held, reflected upon and strengthened as it unfolds, one day at a time. Our program is non-clinical, offering confidentiality, safety and in a stigma-free setting.
Foundations Mental Health provides community, care, connection, skills and support for people to change their own mental health perspectives and / or addictive behaviours towards personal recovery.
All our therapists have lived experience and are trained specifically to work across trauma informed mental health wellness and addiction recovery.
Foundations Mental Health is the only program of its kind in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland — combining in-person, embodied practice, with exercise and lifestyle as a foundational pillar, not an add-on, alongside an integrative therapeutic model that extends beyond single-modality approaches, drawing on evidence-based principles that are not usually taught to the general population, alongside somatic, felt-sense work.
Waiting around and hoping things will ‘get better’ is rarely the solution — the earlier you reach out, the better the outcome tends to be. Maybe you keep telling yourself you're fine when you're not. Maybe you're already doing the work — seeing someone regularly — but not seeing the change you need. Taking the first step towards your own recovery is never going to be easy, but we promise…it’s worth it. Mental health recovery begins with community, and no matter where you're at today, we are ready to welcome you.
Intensive group day program in Montville - over four weeks including all workbooks and resources
Your family members and loved ones are supported alongside your recovery
FOR MORE INFORMATION / TO INTERVIEW NIODA KENSINGTON,
FOUNDER - FOUNDATIONS MENTAL HEALTH
E: nioda@foundationsmentalhealth.com.au
M: 0494 716 008