Mental health support for publishers
Shrinking newsrooms doing more with less, online harassment of writers, layoff waves, and deadline pressure that never resets. Spill is mental health support for publishers, delivered as on-demand counseling with licensed therapists: booked from any phone in one click, often for the same day, with no referral and no paperwork through the employer.
One-click booking from Slack
Evening and weekend sessions
Packages from $250 a month
Proudly supporting agencies and studios
Pitch culture has a cost
Shrinking newsrooms doing more with less, online harassment of writers, layoff waves, and deadline pressure that never resets. The wider industry numbers tell the same story.
Media burnout is out in the open
56% of journalists said they had considered quitting in the past year because of burnout or exhaustion. (Muck Rack, State of Work-Life Balance in Journalism, 2024)
Burnout rising across professions
38% of US professionals, including marketing and creative workers, said they were more burned out than a year earlier. (Robert Half survey of 2,400+ professionals, 2023)
Churn across the sector
Professional and business services, the sector that includes agencies, posted a 4.6% monthly separation rate in 2025, among the highest of any white-collar sector. (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, JOLTS)
Protect the creative confidence the product depends on
Confidential counseling for staff facing public-facing stress. Here's how Spill helps publishers specifically.
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For public-facing stress
Confidential counseling for harassment, layoffs and deadline load.
A retention signal
In a sector that's cut everything else.
Deadline-compatible
Same-day and out-of-hours sessions.
All-in-one on-demand counseling for your team
Unlimited counseling sessions
Therapy sessions with licensed therapists that flex with production schedules and pitch sprints: same-day booking between jobs, evenings, and weekends. Spill grew up supporting creative agencies.
Self-guided wellbeing resources
A library of practical, evidence-based resources written by licensed therapists, covering over 200 topics from burnout prevention to grief, financial stress and sleep. Accessible any time, they're a great first step for anyone who's not quite ready to talk to someone directly.
Expert guidance and training
Practical, therapist-led training workshops designed to empower staff to spot mental health presentations within nurseries, schools and universities and know how to appropriately respond. Teachers can also check in with a Spill safeguarding clinician for advice at any time.
On demand counseling, without the hoops
No referrals, no copays, no session caps. Here's how Spill compares to
booking therapy through insurance or a traditional EAP.
Spill
Insurance & Bolt-on EAPs
Getting a session
Same day, a few clicks
in Slack or Teams
Find an in-network provider,
then wait weeks
Cost to employee
Free
Copays and deductibles
Session Limit
Unlimited
Depends on the plan
Choice of therapist
Choose a specialist
Whoever is in network
Privacy
Fully confidential
Claims on the insurance record
Contract
30 day rolling
1 year+
Your team is safe in our hands
Instant access
Support in just a few clicks. No waiting lists, callbacks or application forms
High quality care
We only hire the top 5% of registered counsellors who meet our high standards
Full privacy
Therapy sessions are fully confidential, we never see or record any conversations
The highest-rated support in its category
Spill supports over 30,000 employees and is rated 4.9/5 on Trustpilot by the people who actually use it. But don't just take our word for it.
Spill is fantastic
Having Spill is such a privilege and it's such a fantastic tool. It's excellent whether you need real help now or just need some advice.
Brilliant therapists
My company subscribe to Spill as an employee benefit. I had two courses of 6 sessions throughout an extremely hard time for me.
It’s changed my life
My therapy sessions have genuinely transformed my life, how I manage my relationships and communicate. I cannot thank my company enough.
High quality counselling
Honestly cannot recommend Spill enough. Having access to high quality therapy through your workplace is extremely helpful.
Rated 4.9/5 based on over 100 reviews. Showing our 4 and 5 star reviews.
See Spill in action
Book a free 30 minute demo to hear more Spill’s features and get a tailored quote for your team