It’s time to give creatives their agency back.
Creativity comes at a cost
Creative work asks a lot of you. It asks you to feel things, think things, and show up fully switched on. To stay calm under pressure. To make quick decisions when everything shifts. To make people go ‘wow’. Every. Single. Time.
Is it ever a 9-to-5? Usually, it’s more like a way of being. But when that way of being starts to crack, the ideas shrink with it.
The cost of keeping it together is higher than most agencies realise.
Waiting is expensive
By the time burnout shows up, you’re already paying for it. In attrition, in absence, in the work that never quite lands.
Agency life doesn't just stay at the desk
By the time burnout shows up, you’re already paying for it. In attrition, in absence, in the work that never quite lands.
An 0800 number isn't a strategy
Culture starts at the top
The best agencies don't wait for the warning lights
Self Space is here to help your agency and people stay creative.
Self Space provides mental maintenance for creative industries. Therapist-led, clinically grounded, and built to support the whole company, we help your people spot the smoke before it becomes a fire, so the ideas keep flowing and the work stays award-winning.
Download your free copy of The Agency Burnout Playbook, an essential guide for agency leaders navigating the high-stakes pressure of performance and the real cost of keeping teams going. Packed with insights from therapists who’ve supported teams at Havas, Omnicom, Huel, and beyond, it’s your toolkit for protecting creativity and sustaining your people.
Just some of the creative and media businesses we support:
We can show you what good mental health support actually looks like.
Where most EAPs sit quietly in the background waiting for a crisis, Self Space’s offerings are proactive, therapist-led and genuinely used. It moves mental health from a hidden helpline to a visible part of how your people work, connect and perform.
Employee Assistance Programmes
Self Space
The Self Space approach
Supporting your people isn’t a one-moment fix. Our three pillars work together to build real, sustainable support before, during and after the hard moments.
Therapy, Coaching, and Mental Maintenance Access
Everyday support for everyday people in everyday work
Most people don’t reach out until they’re already running on empty. We think that’s too late.
Fast, flexible 1:1 therapy and coaching that’s there before the breaking point. Human, accessible and made to make your people feel heard.
Workplace Mental Health Consultancy
Strategy with soul.
Most workplace mental health programmes look good on paper and live untouched in a shared drive.
We work with leadership teams to build support that’s woven into the culture. Practical, honest and sustainable.
Diagnostic Psychiatric Insight
Stop guessing. Start knowing.
Not everything that feels heavy comes with a clear explanation.
Our Diagnostic Psychiatric Insight Pathways get underneath the surface, so that your people understand themselves better, and managers know how to properly support them.
Here’s what Havas had to say:
“Self Space continues to be an amazing partner to Havas London. Their locations are warm, friendly (and unique!), and they’ve helped us open up ongoing conversations about mental health across the business.”
HAVAS LONDON
Helping normalise mental health conversations across the business.
Support became part of everyday working life, not something reserved for crisis.
Compared to <5% traditional EAP usage
Download The Agency Burnout Playbook.
We know agency life is intense. But intensity doesn’t have to mean burnout. When you properly support your people, the ideas get better, the talent stays, and clients feel the difference.
The Agency Burnout Playbook is a practical, therapist-led guide for agency leaders navigating performance, pressure, and the real cost of keeping talented people going. Less theory. More action.