Burnout does not announce itself. Someone has to know what to do.
We train practitioners who can recognise burnout in work, sport, study and life, choose a method that fits the person, lead it with skill — and know exactly where their practice ends and clinical care begins. One twelve-month programme. One certified title. Online in English, with two residencies in Kaunas.
- 12 monthsthree phases, two residencies
- CBPRPone certified practitioner title
- Early 2027founding cohort begins
- Englishone international cohort
The problem is not rare. The people trained to work with it are.
Every figure below comes from a named, published source — listed at the foot of this page.
of employees worldwide experienced a lot of stress the previous day [1]
employees across 15 countries report burnout symptoms [2]
a year in lost productivity from low engagement — about 9% of global GDP [1]
of EU workers report stress, depression or anxiety; over 40% report severe time pressure [3]
of students in higher education show high emotional exhaustion — 44 studies, 26,500 students, 31 countries [6]
of collegiate athletes report having felt burned out during their career; 1–9% of elite adolescent athletes show high burnout at any one time [7]
Lithuania, where we are based
Lithuanian workers report work-related fatigue far above the EU average, and half consider themselves burnt out [4] [5]. Yet a practitioner who can work with this, within a safe scope, is still almost impossible to find — here, and in most of Europe.
| Problem | Lithuania | EU27 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall fatigue | 52% | 37% |
| Stress, depression or anxiety | 28% | 27% |
| Headaches or eyestrain | 32% | 34% |
The World Health Organization defines burnout as a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed, with three dimensions: exhaustion, mental distance or cynicism, and reduced efficacy [8]. The same structure is measured in athletes and students. We teach it as one phenomenon with four contexts.
What you leave with
A non-formal qualification that adds to the profession you already have — competence that is not taught anywhere else in this form.
Skill you can show, not claim
Four method families — breath and movement, mindfulness, restorative, expressive — practised for months, assessed on recordings of you leading, and examined live. Your portfolio documents what you can actually do.
The boundary competence
Recognising red flags, holding scope, referring to clinical care, and saying so plainly. Validated by a clinical adviser, examined twice. It is what makes you safe to work with — and worth hiring.
Twenty-five supervised hours
Real people, real sessions, a supervisor who reads your log, six group supervisions. You graduate having done the work, not having watched it.
A certificate anyone can verify
Certified Burnout Prevention and Recovery Practitioner — CBPRP — with a public verification code and a scope statement that tells every client and employer exactly what it means.
Marketing, and the art of being chosen
Our distinctive strand: positioning your practice, writing an offer, advertising ethically, building a professional story and a CV that gets read. Whether you plan a career move or private work, you will have to be found and trusted. We teach that as seriously as the methods.
A cohort and a faculty you keep
One international cohort, practitioner tutors recruited for their method, two weeks together in Kaunas. The people you train with are the first network of your practice.
Who it is for
The career-changer
You have been close to burnout yourself and want to help others out of it — properly, with a defensible competence, not a weekend certificate.
The professional who adds a competence
HR and wellbeing leads, sports coaches, physiotherapists, yoga and movement teachers, educators: you keep your profession and add a skill your clients, athletes or students already need.
The practice builder
You want independent work in prevention and recovery. You need the methods, the boundary, the supervised hours — and the marketing to make it a living.
The person behind the programme
Vaida Borunovienė, Principal and Academic Lead, spent more than twenty years in international business until burnout ended that career — and became the reason for this one. She requalified, built a practice in Kaunas that joins sport science, psychology and public health, and designed this programme to be the training she could not find.
Why this, and not a weekend course
| Weekend certificate | Higher-education programme | Baltic Institute of Resilience | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 2–5 days | 3–5 years | 12 months, alongside work |
| Content | One method, little theory | Theory, little embodied practice | Theory plus four method families practised to depth |
| A tutor who knows your name | No | Sometimes | Always — marked work, written feedback |
| Assessed on your practice | No | Rarely | Four assessed recordings and an observed examination |
| Supervised work with real people | No | Clinical programmes only | Twenty-five hours, supervised |
| Clinical boundary taught and examined | Rarely | Clinical programmes only | Required before you lead a single practice |
| Marketing and career strand | No | No | Yes |
| What you receive | Attendance certificate | State qualification | Non-formal practitioner certificate, publicly verifiable |
We will tell you exactly what this is
The certificate is a non-formal practitioner qualification, certified by the Baltic Institute of Resilience. It is not a state qualification, and we will never imply otherwise. What stands behind it is twelve months of assessed, tutored, practised work: six marked assignments, four assessed recordings of you leading practice, a supervised practicum, a case portfolio and an observed examination. In a field full of inflated claims, stating this plainly is exactly why you can trust the rest of what we say.
The boundary is the method
Burnout borders clinical territory. A practitioner who cannot tell the difference is a danger; one who can is rare and valuable. That is why scope, red flags and referral are not a footnote in our programme but a module you must pass before you lead a single practice — validated by a clinical adviser, examined again at the end.
The founding cohort begins in early 2027
Selective admissions, one international cohort, a small number of founding scholarships awarded on published criteria. Interest-list members receive the programme guide, fees and the application date first.
Join the interest list
No tracking, no spam. The guide and the application date — and nothing else.
Sources
- Gallup, State of the Global Workplace: 2026 Report (2025 data): 40% of employees experienced a lot of stress the previous day; 20% engaged; low engagement estimated at about US$10 trillion in lost productivity, roughly 9% of global GDP. www.gallup.com
- McKinsey Health Institute, Addressing employee burnout: are you solving the right problem? (2022), 15 countries, c. 15,000 employees: about one in four report burnout symptoms. www.mckinsey.com
- EU-OSHA, OSH Pulse 2025: 29% of EU workers report stress, depression or anxiety; over 40% report severe time pressure. osha.europa.eu
- EU-OSHA, OSH Pulse 2022 — Lithuania country factsheet (1,004 interviews in Lithuania; 25,683 in the EU27): work-related overall fatigue 52% in Lithuania vs 37% EU27; stress, depression or anxiety 28% vs 27%; headaches or eyestrain 32% vs 34%. osha.europa.eu
- Spinter tyrimai for BTA (2019), representative survey of 1,014 Lithuanian residents: 49% of working respondents consider themselves burnt out. paninfo.lt
- Abraham A. et al., Burnout increased among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Scientific Reports 14, 2569 (2024), 44 studies, 26,500 students in 31 countries: high emotional exhaustion 56%, high cynicism 55%. doi.org
- Gustafsson H., Kenttä G., Hassmén P., Lundqvist C., Prevalence of burnout in competitive adolescent athletes, The Sport Psychologist 21(1), 2007, 980 elite adolescent athletes: 1–9% of female and 2–6% of male athletes showed high burnout. Silva J. (1990): 47% of collegiate athletes reported feeling burned out at some point in their career. journals.humankinetics.com
- World Health Organization, Burn-out an “occupational phenomenon”: International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11, 2019): exhaustion, mental distance or cynicism, and reduced professional efficacy. www.who.int
Figures are quoted as published; survey years and samples are stated so you can judge them. We do not publish student numbers or outcomes until we have them.