Burnout and
Trauma Recovery

Investment: 

• $129 (​Equity seats and scholarships available upon request).

What's included: 

• 3 hours of trauma-informed, body-based interventions to support nervous system resilience during stress, overwhelm, and shutdown. 
• On-demand videos of somatic practices to support implementation of tools for both professional and personal use for 1 year. 
• 3 Continuing Education Credits (CEs)  ​
• ​​Becca Odom Wellness, Provider #1955, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 4/16/2025-4/16/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits.
• ​Certificate of Completion

This live virtual training is on Friday, May 8th. You will have access to on-demand videos of somatic tools for 1 year to return to so you can deepen the tools both personally and professionally. 

This course is made for social workers, counselors and any other mental health professionals who are wanting to bring more polyvagal and trauma-informed practices into their professional and personal life to prevent burnout and enhance trauma recovery.

This is a live virtual course and students will access to the on-demand bonus videos for 1 year for further integration. 

To earn CE credits for the live virtual course, participants must attend the entire training and complete a course evaluation. Certificates are emailed to participants within 7 business days after the course is completed, and the course evaluation is submitted. 

This live virtual course is interactive. Participants are asked to have their videos on for the majority of the training to enhance user experience and confirm attendance. 

Course questions can be directed to the author by email: [email protected]

System requirements are:
• Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher, MacOS 9 or higher, Android 4.0 or higher
• Internet browser: Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher, Google Chrome, Firefox 10.0 or higher
• Broadband Internet connection: Cable, High-speed DSL & any other medium that is internet accessible.
​• Media viewing requirements: Adobe Reader, Flash Player, & HTML5

We have a 24 hour cancelation policy for live virtual courses. If you need to cancel within 24 hours of the live course, you can transfer your credit to another current or future course. 

For questions on this policy, please email [email protected]

The instruction level for this course is a intermediate level. 

This course was originally created in October 2025, and will be reviewed and revised as needed every 6 months. 

• Welcome, Orientation, and Nervous System Arrival (20 min)
  • Introductions and training overview
  • Group agreements and trauma-informed participation guidelines
  • Brief grounding practice to ground the nervous system and orient to stress levels
    
    
   
• Trauma, Chronic Stress, and the Nervous System (40 min)
  • Overview of brain–body stress response systems
  • How trauma exposure and chronic stress affect nervous system regulation
  • Neurobiology of burnout and secondary traumatic stress
    
    
   
• Experiential Integration Practice (15 min)
  • Guided somatic awareness exercise for stress management
    
    
   
• Break (15 min)
   
• Somatic Regulation for Burnout Recovery (25 min)
  • Principles of somatic self-regulation
  • Regulation vs. stress management
  • When and how to use body-based practices ethically in helping roles, scope, ethical dilemmas, etc.
    
    
   
• Applied Somatic Practices (25 min)
  • Guided practices for nervous system stabilization
  • Practices for post-crisis recovery and ongoing stress exposure
  • Adaptations for professional settings and daily life
    
    
   
• Break (15 min)
   
• Burnout, Boundaries, and Ethical Sustainability (30 min)
  • Burnout as an ethical and capacity issue
  • Power dynamics and over-functioning in helping professions
  • Reconnecting with internal resources and limits
   
• Individualized Burnout-Prevention Planning (20 min)
  • Key components of a neuroscience-informed burnout-prevention plan
  • Guided reflection and written planning exercise
  • How to build a home practice
  • Boundary setting and systems for burnout prevention
    
    
   
• Closing Integration and Takeaways (10 min)
  • Questions, key insights and practice integration
  • Final grounding exercise
    
  • Resources and next steps

Yes! If you are queer, black, or a person of color, are interested in purchasing this course or have financial hardship, please contact me so we can discuss options together. 

Becca Odom is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Yoga Teacher with over a decade of experience in the mental health and wellness field. She specializes in combining Somatic Approaches with EMDR for trauma recovery. Her passion is to empower others to heal themselves and she primarily works with women who have experienced trauma, chronic stress, and anxiety. She has been offering CE trainings on the topics of Trauma, Resilience, Yoga & Self-Care nationally for over a decade. She is trained in EMDR, Community Resiliency Model (CRM), Mindful Schools, Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, and has her 200-hour yoga teacher training certification.