Resilient by Design: Foundations of Burnout Recovery & Resilience for Helping Professionals
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If you are feeling depleted, numb, irritable, or disconnected from work you once cared deeply about, your nervous system may be in survival mode. Burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress do not resolve on their own and pushing through often makes them worse. This program exists to interrupt that trajectory and help you restore capacity before exhaustion becomes injury.
Resilient by Design: Foundations of Burnout Recovery for Helping Professionals is a 6-week interactive, virtual course for health and human service professionals who need practical, evidence-based support for burnout recovery and sustainable resilience. Rooted in Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the program offers a trauma-responsive approach to understanding stress, regulating the nervous system, and re-engaging with work in ways that are protective rather than depleting.
This program comes with access to a device app that will be provided at the first session to support your growth and skill-building with:
• 2–5 minute audio resets for each nervous system state (sympathetic, dorsal, ventral)
• Push notifications to remind participants to check in and do a reset
• Journaling prompts tied to session themes (e.g., "What part of you needs rest today?")
• Progress tracker: optional reflection check-in each week
• Favorites folder for personal go-to practices
 | Mary Lynn Barrett, LCSW, MPH, is a licensed clinical social worker and resiliency educator with over 25 years of experience training healthcare and human service professionals. She is the creator of Resilient by Design, a ProQOL-informed framework that addresses burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction through practical, trauma-responsive skills. Former faculty in the MAHEC Family Practice Residency Program for 19 years, she co-founded the Southeast ACE Summit and the nonprofit Resources for Resilience. Mary Lynn specializes in translating the science of resilience and nervous-system regulation into sustainable workforce wellbeing strategies. |
| April 8th | Session 1: Understanding What You're Feeling—Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and STS |
| April 22nd | Session 2: Burnout Isn't Your Fault—But Recovery Is Your Right |
| May 13th | Session 3: Compassion Fatigue—When Caring Hurts |
| May 27th | Session 4: Secondary Traumatic Stress—When Trauma Isn't Yours, But It Lives in You |
| June 10th | Session 5: Building a Personal Resilience Toolkit |
| June 24th | Session 6: From Recovery to Renewal—Sustaining Change in High-Stress Systems |
| Sessions are held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month 12:30 pm - 2:00 PM EST. |
Group Registrations
Registering 5 or more participants with one payment?Group Rates Available:
$250/person for groups of 5 or more
To register and pay as a group of 5 or more, please contact the Registration Team at MAHEC.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5514. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. MAHEC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 9.00 hours
