Understand how burnout forms across individual experience, relational dynamics, and system pressure—and learn to work with it directly.
6 live sessions · 4+ participants required. Choose one start date and stay with that group for the full series.
Wednesday · 5:00 PM America/Los_Angeles
Starts July 29, 2026
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Starts July 25, 2026
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Wednesday · 5:00 PM America/Los_Angeles
Starts July 29, 2026
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Thursday · 5:00 PM America/Los_Angeles
Starts September 24, 2026
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Wednesday · 5:00 PM America/Los_Angeles
Starts July 29, 2026
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$200.00 total · 6 sessions
Enrollment closed — series has started
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Starts July 29, 2026
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$200.00 total · 6 sessions
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Starts August 2, 2026
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Understand how burnout forms across individual experience, relational dynamics, and system pressure—and learn to work with it directly.
This is a multi-week program focused on how burnout develops across people, roles, and the systems they work within. The core format is a large-group experience, where participants engage anonymously while also contributing to shared data, patterns, and collective insight.
Rather than treating burnout as an individual problem, the program looks at how pressure is produced, how people adapt to it, and how those adaptations become patterns that persist. The emphasis is on building clarity and expanding response options within the situations participants are already navigating. Optional small-group sessions are available for those who want a more direct, relational setting to work through these dynamics with others.
Duration: 4 weeks
Format: Large-group program with optional small-group participation
Weekly Flow
Each week introduces a focused set of ideas through short modules, followed by polls, brief assessments, and reflection prompts. Participants generate individual input that contributes to a broader view of shared patterns across the group.
Progression Across Weeks
The program moves from establishing visibility into burnout patterns, to examining how roles and responses take shape, to understanding how physiological and relational dynamics interact, and finally to working with system-level conditions and breakdowns.
Live Integration
Two large-group sessions are used to bring together individual input and group-level patterns. These sessions focus on clarifying what is happening across environments and how similar dynamics show up in different roles and settings.
Optional Small Groups
Participants can join smaller groups for more direct discussion and facilitated exploration across the four weeks.
Closing
The program concludes with a structured reflection and development of a personalized approach to maintaining protection and capacity.
The program is structured around weekly modules that introduce key ideas in a clear, accessible format, paired with short polls, assessments, and reflection prompts. These inputs generate individualized feedback for each participant while also contributing to a shared view of patterns across the group.
Because participation is anonymous, people can respond honestly without concern about being identified or observed by colleagues or others in their environment. This allows for more accurate input, which in turn makes the collective data more useful.
Across the program, individual responses and group-level patterns are brought into the live sessions, where they are used to surface common dynamics, clarify how they show up in practice, and create a more grounded understanding of how burnout is experienced across different roles and settings.
1. Professionals in high-pressure or emotionally demanding environments
2. Individuals experiencing burnout, overload, or sustained strain
3. Leaders and managers working with team dynamics under pressure
4. Practitioners interested in the interaction between people and systems
Program Type: Course
Format: Cohort-based (live + asynchronous)
Duration: 4 weeks
Base Cost: $499
Live Sessions: 2 large-group sessions
Participation: Anonymous
Language: English
Facilitators: Stephen Buehler, MA, MFT; Nathalie Martinek, PhD
Optional Add-Ons
CEU Track: +$150
1. Required participation in live sessions
2. Pre/post assessments
3. Completion of required components
4. Certificate issued upon completion
Small Group Sessions: +$250
1. Groups of 8–12 participants
2. 1 session per week
3. 60–90 minutes per session
4. Direct interaction (not anonymous)
5. Facilitated using shared prompts and structure
Is this a stress management course?
No. It focuses on how burnout forms within real working conditions and how to work with those dynamics directly.
Do I need to attend live sessions?
The program includes two live large-group sessions. Some components are flexible, but live participation is required for the CEU track.
Are the large-group sessions anonymous?
Yes, the core sessions support anonymous participation.
What’s different about the small-group option?
Small groups are direct, facilitated sessions with 8–12 participants meeting weekly across the four-week program. They are not anonymous.
Is this only for healthcare?
No. It applies across healthcare, education, corporate, consulting, and leadership environments.
Nathalie Martinek, PhD, helps professionals recognise and respond to scapegoating and dysfunction in workplaces. A developmental biologist and cancer researcher by training, she applies systems thinking to organisational behaviour and teaches practical ways to manage complex professional environments.
