Burnout recovery is not going on vacation and coming back the same. It requires three levels (Leiter model): individual (rest, sleep, exercise, boundaries, therapy), team (social support, workload redistribution), and organization (job redesign, autonomy, recognition, coherent values). If only the individual level is addressed, burnout returns.
Concept origin
Leiter MP, Maslach C. (2014). Interventions to prevent and alleviate burnout. In Leiter MP, Bakker AB, Maslach C (Eds.), Burnout at work: A psychological perspective (pp. 145-167). Psychology Press.
Therapeutic approach
The multilevel approach includes: individual level (psychotherapy, self-compassion, boundaries), team level (work climate, peer support), and organizational level (autonomy, coherent values, job redesign). Sole individual intervention is usually insufficient to prevent relapses.
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