Free Online Burnout Test
Assess your burnout risk with a work-focused screening based on the core burnout dimensions used in occupational health and WHO guidance. Get immediate, confidential results in around 3 minutes.
I feel emotionally drained from my work
About Burnout Screening
Burnout is a work-related state of emotional exhaustion, mental distance, and reduced sense of effectiveness. It usually builds gradually after long periods of unmanageable pressure rather than appearing overnight.
The World Health Organization recognises burnout as an occupational phenomenon. Screening helps identify whether the strain you are experiencing has moved beyond ordinary stress into a more serious pattern that deserves action.
This test is most useful if work has started to feel draining, meaningless, or impossible to recover from, even after a weekend or short break.
Common Signs & Symptoms of Burnout
Understanding Your Score
Your score estimates how strongly your answers match common burnout patterns. Higher scores usually suggest emotional exhaustion and disengagement are becoming more persistent and harder to recover from.
Your responses suggest low burnout risk. You appear to be managing work stress well.
Recommended next step: Maintain current work-life balance
Your responses suggest some burnout symptoms. Early intervention can help.
Recommended next step: Review your work-life boundaries
Your responses suggest significant burnout symptoms. Professional support is recommended.
Recommended next step: Speak with a therapist about work stress
Your responses suggest severe burnout. It's important to seek support and make changes.
Recommended next step: Please book with a therapist soon
Effective Treatments and Support for Burnout
Workplace Stress Therapy
Specialist support can help you address overload, unhealthy boundaries, perfectionism, and the emotional cost of staying in survival mode for too long.
Learn about workplace stress therapyCognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps with stress habits, self-pressure, all-or-nothing thinking, and the difficulty many people have slowing down before burnout escalates.
Learn about CBTExecutive Coaching
For leaders and professionals in high-pressure roles, coaching can support sustainable performance, decision-making, and better boundaries at work.
Learn about executive coachingStress Counselling
If burnout has spread into your broader wellbeing, stress counselling can help you recover mentally and physically while making realistic change plans.
Learn about stress counsellingFrequently Asked Questions About Burnout Testing
Is burnout a recognised condition?
Burnout is recognised by the World Health Organization as an occupational phenomenon linked to chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is not the same as simply feeling tired after a busy week.
What does a burnout screening test measure?
A burnout screening looks at patterns such as emotional exhaustion, cynicism or detachment, and reduced sense of effectiveness or accomplishment. These are common dimensions of burnout in workplace research.
How is burnout different from stress?
Stress often involves feeling pressured, overloaded, or unable to switch off. Burnout usually develops later and includes emotional depletion, reduced motivation, detachment, and feeling that your work no longer matters.
Can burnout affect mental and physical health?
Yes. Burnout can contribute to insomnia, anxiety, depression, irritability, exhaustion, physical tension, and difficulty concentrating. Left unaddressed, it can affect work performance and relationships as well.
What should I do if I score high on burnout?
A high score suggests it is worth taking action soon. Helpful next steps often include reducing overload where possible, reviewing boundaries, discussing work patterns, and speaking with a therapist or GP.
What kind of therapy helps with burnout?
Burnout often responds well to workplace stress therapy, CBT, coaching, and support around boundaries, recovery, self-worth, and perfectionism. The best approach depends on whether the main issue is workload, culture, or long-term coping patterns.
When to Seek Help
If burnout is affecting sleep, work performance, health, mood, or your ability to recover even after time off, it is a good idea to get support before it deepens into anxiety or depression.
If you feel at breaking point, unable to function, or in crisis, speak with your GP, NHS 111, or Samaritans on 116 123 for urgent support.
Recover from Burnout
Burnout doesn't have to define your career. Our therapists help professionals regain balance, set healthier boundaries, and recover their energy.