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Professional services firms rely on their people to sustain high-quality work through demanding deadlines, client expectations and performance pressure. Holistic Services Group has supported law firms, accounting and advisory practices, consultancies and architecture and engineering firms across Australia since 2003, with programs that fit demanding schedules.
HSG’s workplace wellbeing programs for professional services are mental health, resilience, and physical wellbeing services delivered to law, accounting, advisory, consulting, and engineering firms, including resilience and stress management, mental health awareness, leadership and manager capability, and physical wellbeing, such as massage, yoga, and movement. Programs are delivered onsite across Australia and online nationwide, and scheduled to fit busy calendars.
Common workplace wellbeing challenges in professional services
Professional services firms share a distinct set of pressures:
- Long hours and the fatigue and recovery demands they bring
- Performance pressure and the weight of targets and billable expectations
- Client demands and deadlines that can be hard to control
- Hybrid work and keeping teams connected across in-office and remote days
- Retention and competition for talent
Why it matters for professional services
Professional services firms rely on people sustaining high-quality work through demanding deadlines, client expectations and periods of intense workload. When that pressure is not managed well, the effects can extend beyond individual wellbeing to absence, retention and consistent client delivery.
- Work pressure drives mental stress claims: work pressure accounts for 24.2% of work-related mental stress claims in Australia, according to Safe Work Australia’s Key Work Health and Safety Statistics 2025.
- Mental health claims cause extended absence: mental health conditions now account for 12% of all serious workers’ compensation claims, with median time lost almost five times that recorded across other serious claims, according to Safe Work Australia’s Key Work Health and Safety Statistics 2025.
Talk to us about practical wellbeing support for your professional services team.
Services most relevant to professional services firms
HSG’s professional services work focuses on support that fits demanding schedules. Businesses can begin with one priority area or combine services into a broader program:
Workplace mental health & resilience
Support employees in managing pressure, building resilience, and strengthening psychological safety.
Leadership development & manager capability
Equip managers with practical skills to lead people, navigate difficult conversations and support healthy team performance across onsite, remote and hybrid teams.
Physical wellbeing, ergonomics & corporate massage
Help reduce daily physical strain through ergonomics, movement, corporate massage, fitness, yoga and broader corporate health programs.
Workplace culture, connection & team engagement
Strengthen communication, belonging, and collaboration across on-site, hybrid, and distributed teams.
Ready to build an ongoing program across these areas? Workplace wellness programs
Trusted by 1,600+ organisations across Australia and Asia-Pacific
Supporting corporate, government, healthcare, education and not-for-profit sectors
HSG has supported more than 1,600 organisations across corporate, government, healthcare, education and not-for-profit sectors, including Microsoft, Telstra, Commonwealth Bank, BHP, the Department of Defence, St Vincent’s, the University of Sydney, Deakin University, The Smith Family and headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation.
Featured client story: Barry Nilsson Lawyers
Challenge: a law firm supporting staff wellbeing amid demanding, deadline-driven work, with practical content people would actually use.
Program: a nutrition and wellbeing session delivered by a specialist facilitator, applicable to everyday working life.
Outcome, in the client’s words:
I thought the session was fantastic and some people I have spoken with have said the same. Jo was super informative and explained things in a way that was really easy to digest (pun not intended!). It helps so much knowing the actual science behind what everything does for you.
Marc Marino
Barry Nilsson Lawyers
What professional services teams say
Sharon ran just a 30 minute laughter workshop for a group of cynics and we JUST LOVED IT. We had around 16-18 staff, aged from early twenties to late fifties and it was a fantastic workshop. Everyone really enjoyed it and we have continued to talk about afterwards and to share our hilarious experience with other teams. It is THE most cheering group activity I’ve ever participated in. Thank you Sharon!
Helen Yardley
KPMG
Mark from the Holistic Services Group was great! The aim of our session was understood perfectly and really great instructions were given with a good balance for people of all levels of experience.
Tarni Penn
Cardno (NSW/ACT) Pty Ltd
Why professional services firms choose HSG
Holistic Services Group has delivered workplace wellbeing since 2003 and is trusted by more than 1,600 organisations, including KPMG, Barry Nilsson Lawyers, Tata Consultancy Services, CBRE, Cardno, Moore Australia, Fender Katsalidis, Oxford Economics Australia and Hall Chadwick. Programs are delivered by specialist facilitators who each hold professional credentials in their discipline, onsite across every Australian capital and online nationwide, and are scheduled to fit demanding calendars.
How it works
Simple, structured delivery from brief to program rollout
1. Tell us what you are trying to achieve
Share your goals, team size, timing and location. You do not need a finished brief.
2. Receive a tailored recommendation
HSG suggests suitable services, delivery formats and program options.
3. We coordinate the delivery
HSG matches the right specialist facilitator and manages the practical details with your team.
Workplace wellbeing trends in the professional services sector
Professional services wellbeing is moving toward ongoing programs that account for demanding schedules and high-pressure periods. Five themes are shaping that shift:
- Long hours increase burnout risk: sustained billable-hours pressure and hard-to-control client deadlines can place ongoing demands on employees, affecting both wellbeing and the quality of work produced.
- Hybrid work is reshaping support: firms are focusing connection and culture initiatives on in-office days, while building practical recovery support around intense periods such as reporting season or major client matters.
- Wellbeing supports talent retention: as firms compete for skilled people, visible and credible wellbeing support is increasingly becoming part of the employee value proposition rather than an optional extra.
- Psychosocial obligations apply: high job demands are a recognised psychosocial hazard. Employers must eliminate psychosocial risks or, where that is not reasonably practicable, minimise them through appropriate controls such as work design, workload management, supervision and support, according to Safe Work Australia’s Model Code of Practice: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work (2022).
- Global engagement continues to decline: only 20% of employees worldwide were engaged at work in 2025, the lowest level since 2020 and below the 23% peak recorded in 2022, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2026 report.
Talk to us about practical wellbeing support for your professional services team.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. HSG schedules sessions to suit demanding calendars, including short formats, early or late sessions, and online delivery, so support fits around client work and busy periods.
Yes. HSG works across professional services, including legal, accounting and advisory, consulting, and architecture and engineering firms, with programs tailored to high-pressure teams.
Yes, they are complementary. An EAP is reactive support, while HSG’s programs are proactive, building resilience and wellbeing and helping meet psychosocial risk obligations (Safe Work Australia).
Yes. HSG tailors content, format and schedule to your firm, from a single session to an ongoing program across mental and physical wellbeing.
HSG reports on attendance, participation and staff feedback after delivery. Over time, our experience shows that well-designed programs can often support engagement, retention, psychological safety and healthier responses to sustained workplace pressure. We also see that outcomes are strongest when support is coordinated over time and tailored to the demands of professional services teams.
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