For employers
Because your people make your organization.
Healthy, resilient employees.
Less absence.
More employability.
And a benefit that really means something.
One subscription combining a proactive, science-based prevention programme with curative care.
The problem
The system is stuck. People are stuck.
Employees keep going for too long. Children wait months for help. And regular care is so stuck between waiting lists, capacity and cost control that help often only arrives when problems have already become serious.
Meanwhile, life goes on. The employee tries to keep functioning. The parent tries to keep everything together at home. Until it no longer works.
And the employer? They stand by and watch. Until someone drops out. And then they are barely allowed to ask what is really going on, but they do bear the bill for long-term absence and reduced employability.
Everyone waits. While earlier action could make the difference.
MentalCareDirect™ breaks through that.
The numbers
Why this is urgent
CBS/TNO
0in0
employees experiences mental health issues such as stress, anxiety or depression.
CBS/TNO
0in0
employees experience burn-out complaints.
MKB Servicedesk
€ 0per day
the average cost to an employer for one day of absence.
TNO, 2023
€ 0.0 billion
In 2023, Dutch employers paid € 8.3 billion in wage continuation for absence days caused by work-related conditions. € 4.9 billion of that was linked to psychosocial workload such as work pressure, stress and undesirable behaviour.
CBS, 2025
0.0%
The average sickness absence rate in the Netherlands is now 5.4%. For every 100 employees that equals more than 5 full-time roles that are unavailable.
CIPD, RAND Europe and IPPR
0 - 15%
loss of productive workdays because employees regularly work while their health limits them. Presenteeism therefore costs dozens of productive workdays per employee, per year. Hidden costs.
The solution
Energy, Care and Family. Choose what fits.
Energy strengthens vitality, resilience and recovery. Care adds included psychological care for employees. Family provides complete psychological care for employees, partners and minor children.
As an employer, you only pay for participating employees. Energy includes two measurements per year; Care and Family include four. Based on the results, our specialists discuss how participants can strengthen their vitality, resilience and capacity to recover. Employees can always reach out in between.
Vitality
Multi-day ECG measurements, HRV guidance and group training strengthen vitality, resilience and capacity to recover. This is YourOptimalYou™: the scientifically backed vitality programme within MentalCareDirect™.
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Primary mental healthcare
Treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, grief, trauma, burnout, panic and more. By YourWorkplacePsychologist, without a waiting list.
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Help for the household
Family: complete psychological care for the employee, partner and minor children, including youth-care waiting-list bridging.
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Why MentalCareDirect
Vitality, recovery and treatment in one subscription.
MentalCareDirect™ brings two sides together: the scientifically backed YourOptimalYou™ programme for vitality, resilience and recovery and the curative care of YourWorkplacePsychologist. That way targeted guidance flows seamlessly into treatment where needed, with the same lead clinician and no waiting list.
For the SME entrepreneur this means: one point of contact, one fixed price, and direct help for employees and their households.
- Available immediately
- Fully confidential
- Optionally the whole household (Family)
- Vitality and treatment
The management team
Scientifically grounded, psychological and entrepreneurial.
MentalCareDirect™ was founded by Nicki Mano (CCO and Lead Clinician), Amorena Labad (COO and Head Coach) and Alex Ermers (CEO and Biofeedback Practitioner).
MentalCareDirect™ brings the YourOptimalYou™ vitality programme together with YourWorkplacePsychologist; Nicki's full primary mental healthcare practice and her team of psychologists, for SME companies and their households.
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What a 30-minute intro call gives you.
An honest read on your situation
We look together at the size of your team, the absence you see today and what is already arranged through your occupational health service or insurer.
Concrete advice - even if we're not the right fit
You get a clear answer on whether Energy, Care or Family adds anything for your organisation. If it doesn't, we'll say so.
No sales pitch
You speak to someone from our own team of psychologists and coaches, not an account manager. Nothing is committed after the call.
Quick answer
What does MentalCareDirect™ deliver for an employer?
You prevent and shorten absence: employees get a psychologist immediately, without a waiting list, and preventive measurements flag risk before absence occurs. Absence costs roughly € 400 per day per employee; presenteeism costs another 10 to 15% of productivity.
- Energy, Care and Family can be taken out individually or selectively, e.g. for part of your team.
- Family also covers problems at home, the biggest source of mental strain.
- No waiting list, thanks to a nationwide network of psychologists and coaches.
- Free escalation at elevated risk.
- Team-level reporting is always anonymised.
Why now
Waiting is more expensive than acting
Absence caused by mental health issues is the fastest-growing form of sickness leave in the Netherlands. In smaller SME teams a single absent employee is immediately felt in continuity and in the workload for colleagues.
Less absence
Detecting and treating early prevents long-term absence. One day of absence costs an employer € 400 on average.
Available immediately
No waiting list. We proactively reach out twice a year with Energy and four times with Care and Family. In between, participants can always contact us; with Family the same applies to partners and minor children.
Predictable costs
Three clear plans: Energy € 34.71, Care € 57.85 and Family € 99.60 per employee per month. No surprises.
Committed employer
With Family you show you take your people and their household seriously. Strong for retention and employer brand.
Real-world results
What prevention alone already delivered
In more than 10,000 organisations, spread across 70 countries, employee well-being was improved.
0%
of employees adjusted their lifestyle
0%
increase in work efficiency
up to 0%
reduction in sickness absence
0+
organisations
Source: FirstBeat
MentalCareDirect™ Family
When things get stuck at home, the employee gets stuck too
Youth-care waiting times run up to 9 to 18 months. During that period we see children's symptoms worsen and the mental load on their working parents explode.
With Family you choose complete psychological care for the employee and rapid help for the current partner and the minor children of employees (including adopted children).
Only want to start with part of your team (for example sales)? That is also possible.
What the employer gets
- Energy for vitality, Care for employee care and Family for the whole household
- One point of contact for vitality, recovery and treatment
- Fast intake, no waiting list
- The fixed YourOptimalYou™ vitality programme for every participant
- Primary mental healthcare via YourWorkplacePsychologist, with fixed Lead Clinician
- With Family: rapid help for partner and minor children
- Anonymised reporting at team level
- Predictable costs, no individual sessions
Comparison
Why choose MentalCareDirect™
| What does the employer get? | MentalCareDirect™ Care | Classic EAP | Standalone company psychologist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct psychological support for employees | |||
| Intake within a few working days | |||
| We proactively reach out to employees; no own initiative needed | |||
| Structural vitality guidance for every participant | |||
| Objective physiological measurements | |||
| Two or four annual measurements with medical-grade ECG | |||
| Personal coaching based on measurement data | |||
| Biweekly HRV training | |||
| Early detection before someone reports complaints themselves | |||
| Free intensification when risk is elevated | |||
| Full primary mental healthcare treatment | |||
| Treatment of depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and burnout | |||
| One continuous line from vitality guidance to treatment | |||
| One fixed lead clinician | |||
| No predetermined number of sessions | * | ||
| No separate invoice per treatment or session | |||
| Fixed, pre-budgetable costs | |||
| Anonymised reporting at team level | |||
| Insight into measured risks and patterns within the organisation | |||
| Psychological help for partner and children | Family | ||
| Actual treatment of partner and children | Family | ||
| Bridging of waiting lists in youth care | Family |
Legend
- included as standard / fully available
- partial, limited or dependent on provider and package
- usually not included
- Familyincluded within MentalCareDirect™ Family
- *included subject to applicable fair-use terms
Getting started
Live in three steps
01
Intro call
In 30 minutes online we show what MentalCareDirect™ can mean for your team. No obligation.
02
Tailored proposal
Based on your team we prepare a clear proposal. One rate, no fine print.
03
Live within two weeks
Once approved we inform employees and launch the programme. Fully online, low threshold.
Privacy and trust
Employers get insight. Employees keep their privacy.
Reporting to the employer is always anonymised. Employers see patterns and risks at group level, never personal medical or psychological data about individual employees.