Training course

Managing Vicarious Trauma & Burnout with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

Course Description

The risks of compassion fatigue, burnout and vicarious trauma are high on the psychosocial hazard list, impacting team communications, productivity and overall wellbeing. How can we empower individuals, teams and managers to recognise the signs and symptoms?

This practical and engaging capability building workshop gives employees practical tools to better understand, recognise, and respond to the impacts of stress and emotional load — while strengthening resilience, self-awareness, and psychological wellbeing.

What makes this workshop different?

We use LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® to create a highly engaging, reflective, and psychologically safe learning experience that gets teams talking, thinking, connecting, and problem-solving in meaningful ways. Participants consistently describe this approach as insightful, energising, memorable, and surprisingly fun.

This Course Is Suitable For

All employees, team leaders and managers

After This Course You Will Be Able To

  • Identify personal stressors, triggers, and early warning signs
  • Understand the Mental Health Continuum and recognise when wellbeing is shifting
  • Recognise the signs and impacts of burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma
  • Explore the causes of vicarious trauma and understand “The Ripple Effect” within teams and workplaces
  • Develop practical strategies for emotional regulation and stress management
  • Learn how to “emotionally drain off” and decompress at the end of the workday
  • Practice acceptance, awareness, and self-compassion techniques
  • Use mindfulness and grounding activities to reduce overwhelm and increase presence
  • Reframe negative self-talk and manage the “internal critic”
  • Build a growth mindset and strengthen personal resilience
  • Apply “Name It to Tame It” strategies for emotional awareness and regulation
  • Identify when and how to seek appropriate support
  • Create an individual wellbeing and self-care plan that is realistic and sustainable

One day

Course duration

In-person, Live-online

Delivery options

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