Healthcare professionals—including massage therapists, chiropractors, nurses, and physiotherapists—experience high levels of burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma. The emotional toll of caring for patients, often without sufficient mental health training, contributes to workforce shortages and declining care quality. Despite growing awareness of burnout prevention, structured emotional resilience training remains largely inaccessible at scale. This presentation focuses on how AI-driven digital tools can equip helping professionals worldwide with the ability to set communication and emotional boundaries, ensuring sustainable well-being and improved patient interactions. Key focus areas include: The Global Burnout Crisis in Helping Professions Examining research on compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and professional exhaustion across healthcare systems worldwide. Understanding how emotional overload contributes to workforce shortages and declining patient care quality. Addressing the need for scalable, AI-driven training solutions that support professionals in maintaining emotional resilience. AI-Powered Digital Training for Emotional Boundaries & Resilience Exploring AI-assisted coaching platforms that help healthcare providers recognize and establish professional boundaries. How AI can simulate difficult patient interactions to train professionals in real-time emotional regulation and communication strategies. Case studies of AI-based interventions that support helping professionals in boundary-setting, stress reduction, and resilience building. This presentation aligns with the congress’s theme of "Global Mental Health Equity: Digital Solutions for an Interconnected World" by showcasing AI as a scalable, accessible mental health training tool for helping professionals. Supporting the mental well-being of healthcare providers through AI-powered training ensures a more sustainable, high-quality global healthcare system.
