Empathy as the Key to Effective Social Work
Experience. Engage. Make a Difference.
In social work and education, professionals interact daily with vulnerable individuals, yet their realities often remain abstract. Our VR training places you directly in their perspective, enabling social work students to be better prepared, parents in treatment to change their behavior, and caregivers to act more empathetically and effectively.
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How our game-technology-driven virtual reality works.
Experience a new reality by assuming any persona in any situation
Embody your new persona in a realistic digital workplace for full immersion
Explore, interact and make consequential choices to tackle bias and discrimination
Endorsed by the World's Leading Companies
We teach the theory, yet graduates still freeze when the first crisis hits.
01.
Limited Empathy
You don’t feel what clients experience, which prevents genuine understanding and connection.
02.
No Safe Icebreaker
Without a shared experience, it remains difficult to start challenging but necessary conversations.
03.
Low Willingness to Act
Those who haven’t felt the emotional impact themselves often lack the urgency to intervene or change behavior.
Experience the reality of clients, break the ice for in-depth conversations, and activate behavioral change .
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I wish I had experienced this 30 years ago when I started. I would have helped my clients so much more effectively.
— Senior Community-Based Care Professional
This is exactly how I feel every day—I'm glad my dad finally was able to experience my reality!
— Participant with Mild Intellectual Disability
From first
STEP 01. DISCOVER
Feel the difference
Experience in a demo why peer organizations have made our VR a permanent part of their curriculum—and won’t go without it anymore.
STEP 02. APPLY
Plug & Play in Your Lesson
We connect VR to your existing lesson plan. You receive pre-installed headsets or help with setup, your team learns to use the tech, and we support you through the implementation.
STEP 03. AMPLIFY
Increase your impact
Make VR a fixed part of your curriculum and experience the results time and again: greater engagement, deeper conversations, and more motivation to change behavior—whether with clients, families, or staff.
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Measurable Impact – What Our VR Training Delivers
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“It’s the two people you love most attacking each other – what are we doing to our children?!”
— Parent, BORG training, Dutch Probation Services
From Inclusion to Care – Explore Our VR Experiences
Company Culture
Build everyday empathy across your workforce.
Employees step into realistic scenarios—subtle exclusions, off-hand jokes, cross-cultural missteps.
Sparks honest conversations and drives lasting behavioural change.
Topics: Subtle Acts of Exclusion, Inappropriate Behaviors, Introverts & Extroverts, Expat Integration
Leadership (Q1 2026)
Develop leaders who create psychologically safe teams.
Immersive modules on psychological safety, wellbeing, and neuro-inclusive management.
Leaders practice decisions and receive real-time feedback in a risk-free setting.
Topics: Psychological Safety, Employee Wellbeing, Leading Neurodivergent Talent
Social Work
Equip professionals to support society’s most vulnerable.
Experience clients’ daily realities—domestic violence, youth conflict, intellectual disabilities.
Builds deeper understanding and improves intervention outcomes.
Topics: Domestic Violence, High-Conflict Divorce, Intellectual Disabilities, Youth Weapon Violence, School Bullying
Our impact in practice
Higher Education
“Enliven brings students with and without trauma into an unprecedentedly open conversation.”
– Arnhem & Nijmegen University of Applied Sciences
Training & Upskilling
“In addition to our staff, we trained 2,000 police officers to recognize mild intellectual disabilities.”
– MEE Academy
Community Outreach
“Credible Messengers teach about knife violence in schools with fantastic responses. VR score: 9.2, lesson: 8.9.”
– Municipality of Amsterdam
Family Intervention
“Parents in high-conflict divorces finally realized that their conflict mainly harms the children.”
– Youth Protection Services Overijssel