The programme
Certified Burnout Prevention and Recovery Practitioner (CBPRP). Twelve months, three phases, two residencies, one standard.
One phenomenon, four contexts
Burnout is formally defined as an occupational phenomenon resulting from chronic stress that has not been successfully managed. The same exhaustion–cynicism–inefficacy structure is measured in athletes and in students, and it is recognisable in caregiving and in ordinary life. We teach it as one phenomenon with four contexts — work, sport, study and life. The theory is shared; the practitioner's skill is to recognise the context and choose the method that fits.
Phase 1 · Foundations
Months 1–3, online. What burnout is and is not; physiology of chronic stress and recovery; measurement; the four contexts; the boundary and referral module. Two marked assignments. Personal practice from day one.
Residency 1 · Kaunas
One week at the end of month 3. Live introduction to all four method families, boundary practicum with case discussion, and the cohort finally in one room.
Phase 2 · Methods
Months 4–8. Four method-family courses in sequence: self-study units, a 90-minute live lab every week, a recorded practice you lead with a peer, and an assignment on choosing the method for a case.
Phase 3 · Practicum
Months 9–11. Twenty-five supervised hours with real people, six group supervisions online, a three-case portfolio. Then Residency 2: observed sessions, case defence, the practical examination, certification.
Four method families, practised to depth
A 600-hour programme cannot make anyone a master of ten modalities. It can make a practitioner fluent in four, honest about their limits, and competent to refer for everything else. We state the evidence position of each family in the study material itself.
Breath and movement
The stress response and recovery, breathing regulation, graded physical activity as a recovery instrument, movement sessions adapted to exhaustion. Evidence: strong.
Mindfulness and meditation
Attention and awareness practices in a secular frame; leading short practices; adapting to people who find stillness difficult. Evidence: strong to moderate.
Restorative practices
Qigong-based gentle movement and breath; sleep and recovery hygiene; rest as a skill. Evidence: moderate.
Expressive practices
Arts-based and movement-based expression for people who cannot yet put their state into words. Evidence: emerging — and taught with that caveat.
Plus one strand no method school teaches: marketing, and being chosen
Runs alongside the practicum. Positioning and your offer, ethical advertising within the scope statement, a professional story and a CV that gets read, pricing, and the first ten clients. Led by a marketing practitioner and assessed through a practice plan you will actually use — whether you are building private work or moving inside an organisation.
Scope statement — the words every graduate works under
The Certified Burnout Prevention and Recovery Practitioner works in prevention, recovery and resilience with people who do not have a clinical diagnosis, or alongside clinical care with the person's consent. The practitioner does not diagnose or treat, and refers to medical or psychological care whenever indicators of a clinical condition or risk are present.
What stands behind the certificate
Six tutor-marked assignments. Four assessed recordings of you leading a practice. A personal practice log from the first week to the last. A supervised practicum log and six group supervisions. A three-case portfolio. An observed practical examination at the second residency, pass or fail, with written feedback.
In non-formal education, that portfolio — not a seal — is the credential's value. When a client asks what you can actually do, you will have a documented answer.
Fees, instalments and funding paths are set out in the programme guide and discussed at your admissions conversation. Join the interest list to receive the guide first.