Empathy Fatigue training with North Devon Council, Sept 2026. "Steven made the session extremely comfortable and enjoyable."

Raising the Drawbridge - Empathy Fatigue and Rational Compassion 

Collated feedback from day two:

“Steven was a brilliant teacher, very informative.  I always feel a bit anxious with training sessions, but Steven made the session extremely comfortable and enjoyable.  Thank you.”

Sophie

“I enjoyed the media that was used as it was appropriate to our jobs and the learning. (Steven made his own films just for us!) I was very glad that there was zero role play! Thank you for a fun, informative course.  Hopefully this will help me and my customers in the future.”

Anon

“I thoroughly enjoyed the training today.  Thank you for creating an informative and fun course for us.  Everyone was engaged!”

Kelly

“An excellent course.  Great to take time out and reflect and evaluate.  Thank you.”

Sue

“The course was very interesting and made me look at myself and how I am working.  I know that I’m not a stresshead, but I’d like to think I can pass on what I have learnt to my customers and colleagues.”

Anon

“Excellent training.  Funny, informative and engaging.  Normally, I don’t enjoy training but I can say I wholeheartedly enjoyed the whole session, and I learned LOADS!”

Tracey

“Very thought provoking and relevant to our work.  Thank you for making the journey down to Devon, it was worth the wait!”

Sarah

“I learned so much more than I thought I would!  The course was informative and fun even though it was a difficult subject.  All staff should attend Steven’s training as it would be beneficial.  Thank you!”

Sue

“Very insightful and useful information.”

Anon

“I wish I had recognised that I had empathy fatigue previously, although now I’m in a much better place.”

Fred

“I learned so much about myself than I was aware of.  I especially learnt not to listen to all of the doom and gloom on the news and social media.”

Sam

“Very engaging and it will be really useful in my everyday life and work.  Thank you Steven.”

Louise

“GREAT training and lots of fun!”

Anon

“Excellent training from a consummate professional, very informative.”

Linda

“A thoroughly enjoyable training session!”

Angela

“An excellent and engaging course, Steven’s humour and demeanour puts you at ease.”

Lauren

“It was very interesting, enjoyable and fun.  Thank you.”

Charlotte

“I enjoyed the training session much more than I thought I would! 😊”

Ellie