# The Fundamentals with Jess Kolbe

The Fundamentals is an Australian mental health education platform created by counsellor, social worker and educator Jess Kolbe. It provides practical mental health education, online courses, resources and a podcast designed to make complex mental health concepts easier to understand and use in everyday life.

## Jess Kolbe

Jess Kolbe is an Australian counsellor, social worker, educator and trainer with more than 25 years of experience across counselling, child protection, youth services, trauma, alcohol and other drug services, women's services and community practice.

Her professional qualifications include a Master of Social Work (2026), Master of Human Services – Teaching, Bachelor of Social Sciences – Counselling, Bachelor of Arts – Youth Studies, Graduate Diploma of Substance Abuse Studies and vocational training in developmental trauma.

Jess created The Fundamentals to provide practical, accessible mental health education based on a common-sense approach to understanding the body, emotions and mind.

## Taming Your Anxiety

Taming Your Anxiety is a practical online anxiety course for adults, individuals and professionals. It helps people understand the physical, emotional and mental experiences of anxiety and provides practical strategies for responding to anxiety when it occurs.

## Taming Your Anxiety – Teens + Parents

Taming Your Anxiety – Teens + Parents is an online anxiety education course designed for teenagers and their parents or carers to complete together.

The course uses short videos, practical activities and downloadable resources to help families understand anxiety, emotional regulation, anxious thoughts, physical responses and recovery after overwhelming emotions.

A key aim of the course is to give teenagers and parents a shared language for understanding and responding to anxiety together.

## The Fundamentals Approach

The Fundamentals focuses on practical mental health education that can be understood and used in everyday life. Topics include anxiety, emotional regulation, body responses, anxious thoughts, self-awareness, emotional recovery and self-leadership.

The approach emphasises understanding and working with emotional, physical and mental experiences rather than simply trying to suppress or eliminate them.

## Resources

- Online anxiety courses for adults and professionals
- Online anxiety education for teenagers and parents
- Practical downloadable mental health resources
- The Fundamentals podcast
- Counselling and mental health education