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Resilience in Practice- Self Care for Clinicians is a clinically grounded, skills-focused retreat designed for medical professionals working in complex, high-demand systems. It offers practical, evidence-informed tools to reduce the risk of burnout and to support wellbeing, clarity and sustainability.

This is not a retreat to escape work - although we promote this too! - it is an educational course that will teach practical ACT- and EMDR-based skills that psychologists use every day to help you remain effective, grounded and human within the work that you do.  It also provides facilitated discussion to recognise how the values, culture and belief systems you come from will impact you psychologically - changing how sustainable your work is.

Why a Resilience Retreat?

Medicine and healthcare are demanding professions. Ongoing exposure to responsibility, emotional load, time pressure, and system constraints places even highly capable professionals at risk of burnout, moral distress, vicarious trauma and cumulative stress. Over time, this affects not only personal wellbeing, but decision-making, relationships, and capacity to care for others.

Resilience in Practice is built on a simple premise: caring for yourself is not a luxury—it is a professional responsibility. Sustainable practice requires skills that support psychological flexibility, emotional regulation, and values-based decision-making, particularly under pressure.  It steps away from "just practice meditation" or "just have a bath" towards clarifying what meaningful change looks like to you; and short, sharp practices that you can practice whilst washing your hands or changing wards.  You will learn effective and evidence-based mental health skills that will benefit you - and your patients.

This retreat is also intentionally structured to provide space to pause, reflect and build practical skills that can be taken directly back into clinical and professional environments.  You will spend mornings in workshops learning skills, role playing and reflecting; and afternoons with peers over long lunches and in incredible locations reflecting on the day's learning.

20 hours of formal CPD (workshops/lectures and measures outcomes etc) + 12 hours reflective practice/peer reviews.

Key elements include:

• Practical, evidence-based skills grounded in contemporary mental health science to prevent burnout, reground yourself between patients and clarify what is important to you in this work.

• ACT-informed strategies for managing stress and burnout, values alignment to your work, and psychological flexibility

• Mindfulness-based tools that are usable in real clinical settings

• Opportunities for reflection, discussion, and application to individual practice contexts

• Optional Group EMDR (silent) session aimed at processing and understanding a current occupational stressor

• Guided reflective practice on what increases risk of moral injury and vicarious traumatisation - and what helps

• Develop a self-care plan that you might actually use and pair with an accountability buddy

• Time to rest, recharge and reflect on what gives you vitality

• Thoughtfully curated food and wine experiences that support restoration and connection to peers - you'll leave feeling like you've had a real experience of the area, have been thoroughly spoilt and have made lasting connections.

• A community of practice to connect to post-retreat through optional Supervision and Integration sessions online.

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