The 4th Estate Resilience Project

Worldwide Mental Health Support for Journalists

The 4th Estate Resilience Project exists to support storytellers around the world. We are a specialist mental health service dedicated to journalists, reporters, photojournalists, documentary makers, editors and all trauma-facing media professionals. We provide trauma-informed therapy and psychological care tailored to the unique pressures of working in the media industry.

We offer confidential, evidence-based psychological therapy designed to address the specific challenges of journalistic work — including exposure to conflict, harassment, vicarious trauma, and burnout. Whether you’re covering war zones, courts, protests, or personal testimony, we’re here to help you manage the emotional toll.

Our service is led by experienced clinicians specially trained by the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma. Our team of highly qualified psychologists and psychiatrists has a deep understanding of the ethical pressures and emotional costs faced by those in the media.

Media organisations without a comprehensive, evidence based approach to trauma risk management place their staff at greater risk of psychological injury, compromise the safety of interviewees and reduce their ability to report with objectivity, diligence and respect.

We have worked with journalists and organisations including The Guardian, The New York Times, The BBC, Vice and Al Jazeera.

If you would like to know more about our provision of psychological interventions for people affected by their work in the media or wish to make an online appointment then click here.

If you would like a clinician to offer support, advice, or consultation to a production, click here.