Assessment
Before a plan is agreed
We distinguish burnout from depression and from medical causes of fatigue where we can, and we do not sell a spa week as treatment.
Burnout
Private residential burnout treatment
Burnout is what happens when a person has kept going for too long, with too little recovery, until the body and mind refuse the old pace.
Understanding
What this often looks like in real life
Cynicism, exhaustion, poor sleep, irritability, and a sense that even rest does not restore. Work may still be getting done. The person doing it is not.
Burnout is what happens when a person has kept going for too long, with too little recovery, until the body and mind refuse the old pace.
Signs families notice
- Emotional and physical exhaustion
- Sleep that does not repair
- Detachment from work or people who used to matter
- Coping through alcohol, food, or overwork
Treatment
How the work is held
Rest with clinical review, psychological work, sleep and nutrition, and a plan for the life that produced the collapse.
Journey
From first call to aftercare
Reset the body, quiet the mind, then rebuild a way of living that does not recreate the same injury.
Why residential
A contained setting, when outpatient care is not enough
Why residential
Distance from usual triggers, 24-hour clinical cover where needed, and a daily rhythm that does not ask a depleted person to recover in the same environment that exhausted them.
Why Les Mariannes
Care is physician-led, one-to-one by default, and small enough that a stay is not a corridor of group timetables. Complementary therapies sit inside a medical plan.
Why Mauritius
Mauritius is not read as a public rehab destination. Distance from usual triggers, a stable island setting, and a hilltop centre in Congomah give international families privacy without theatre.
Dr Siddick
A clinical perspective
Burnout is not cured by a nicer view. It still needs assessment, because depression, thyroid disease and substance use can wear the same face.
This is not a slogan. It is how assessment is done here: listen first, then decide whether a residential stay is even the right next step.
Families
The first call can come from someone who loves them
The first conversation may be with a spouse, parent, adult child, sibling, friend or doctor. You do not need the person to complete a form before you ask for guidance.
7-14 days
Assessment and reset
A short residential period to assess, stabilise and interrupt a pattern. Useful when outpatient care is not enough and a longer stay is not yet clear.
21-28 days
Core recovery
Enough time for medical review, a body of individual therapy, sleep restoration and a first aftercare plan. This is a typical core period, not a product.
4+ weeks
Deeper work
When trauma, dual diagnosis or long-standing dependence need more than a month. Length is a clinical recommendation after assessment.
These ranges are guidance for families, not packages. Nothing is priced or promised before a confidential clinical conversation.
Questions
Frequently asked
Do you treat Burnout at Les Mariannes?
Burnout is what happens when a person has kept going for too long, with too little recovery, until the body and mind refuse the old pace. Suitability for residential care is decided after a confidential clinical conversation, not from a website list.
Is detoxification always required?
No. Some people need medically supervised withdrawal. Others begin psychological work without it. That decision is clinical.
How long would a stay be?
Length of stay is decided after assessment. Typical guidance is a short reset of one to two weeks, a core period of three to four weeks, or longer work. Nothing is sold as a fixed package.
Can a family member make the first call?
The first conversation may be with a spouse, parent, adult child, sibling, friend or doctor. You do not need the person to complete a form before you ask for guidance.
Do you guarantee an outcome or publish a success rate?
No. We do not promise a cure, and we do not publish unverified success rates. Recovery is individual work, held in a licensed setting.
Why Mauritius, rather than a well-known rehab destination?
Mauritius is not read as a public rehab destination. Distance from usual triggers, a stable island setting, and a hilltop centre in Congomah give international families privacy without theatre.
Related
Other pages in this pathway
Executive burnout
High responsibility can hide depletion for years. Decision fatigue, travel, alcohol, and the inability to stop thinking are not personality. They are a clinical picture.
Read moreChronic stress
Long-term stress changes sleep, immunity, mood and the way a person reaches for alcohol, food or work. It is not "just a busy season" when it has lasted years.
Read moreBegin here
Speak confidentially
Whether you are exploring care for yourself or for someone you love, the first step is a private discussion. There is no obligation, and nothing is priced before that conversation.