Tessa Mithieux

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Senior Manager - Media & Government Relations

Tessa Mithieux is the Senior Manager - Media and Government Relations at ReachOut, based in Sydney. She drives the organisation’s media strategy and supports engagement with both government stakeholders and the mental health sector to highlight ReachOut's news, research and advocacy agenda. Tessa also works closely with ReachOut’s youth volunteers, training and supporting young people to share their lived experiences directly with politicians, journalists, and at events.

Recent articles

ReachOut and Telstra Foundation partner on AI tool tackling youth mental health

DrinkWise teams up with Shayna Jack to help young adults – particularly young women – understand that alcohol is not the answer to dealing with stress and anxiety.

Misinformation impacting young people seeking support for their mental health, new report by ReachOut Youth Advocates

A group of mental health youth advocates have released a brand new report into mental health misinformation and a digital duty of care, including finding that 50 per cent of young people agree that mental health misinformation is a big issue when it comes to looking for support.

Mental health experts call on students to cut back on energy drinks, caffeine and sugar to help combat study stress, new data from ReachOut

In the lead-up to the 2025 Year 12 exams, youth mental health service ReachOut has released new data on study stress, including that 28 per cent of students are turning to energy drinks to help get through long study sessions.