Live Virtual Training In Person

Provider Wellness & Professional Resilience Intensive
A Two-Day Evidence-Informed Retreat for Healthcare Professionals

With Matt Cordova, PhD, and Christophe Gimmler, MD, LMFT

IN-PERSON ONLY
📍 Location: 1172 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94040
📅  Date: November 14–15, 2026
🕘 Time: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM each day
☕ Breaks: Two breaks with coffee and pastries included
🍽️ Lunch: 1-hour lunch break; lunch not included
🎓 Full attendance both days required for CE credit

Healthcare professionals practice under sustained cognitive, emotional, and ethical demands, often while navigating chronic pressure, limited recovery time, emotional labor, and systemic constraints. Over time, these demands can affect nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, professional fulfillment, and the capacity to remain present and effective with patients, colleagues, and healthcare systems.

The Professional Resilience & Provider Wellness Intensive is a two-day, evidence-informed, skills-based retreat designed to strengthen the self-regulatory, intrapersonal, and relational capacities required for sustainable, ethical clinical practice. The program translates research and frameworks from neuroscience, psychology, behavioral medicine, cognitive-behavioral approaches, polyvagal theory, DBT-informed practice, and Nonviolent Communication into practical strategies that can be applied within high-pressure clinical and professional environments.

Participants will focus on nervous system regulation and stress physiology, emotional reactivity, rumination, self-criticism, perfectionism, impostor syndrome, professional boundaries, values-aligned communication, and relational effectiveness. The intensive integrates didactic instruction, guided practice, skills training, and reflection to support greater emotional steadiness, professional resilience, and sustained engagement in clinical work.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

  • 1 Describe the neurobiological and psychological mechanisms associated with stress, burnout, and emotional exhaustion in healthcare professionals
  • 2 Describe early physiological, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral indicators of stress overload and burnout in clinical practice
  • 3 Describe evidence-informed self-regulation strategies to manage physiological and emotional responses to high-pressure clinical situations
  • 4 Differentiate between adaptive and maladaptive responses to occupational stress and identify appropriate strategies for responding to each
  • 5 Describe cognitive and behavioral strategies to reduce emotional reactivity, rumination, and self-criticism in professional settings
  • 6 Describe personal and professional stress responses to identify patterns that may contribute to emotional exhaustion or reduced professional effectiveness
  • 7 Describe professional boundary-setting strategies that support ethical, sustainable clinical practice
  • 8 Describe communication strategies designed to improve interactions with patients, colleagues, and healthcare systems during stressful or challenging situations
  • 9 Describe preventive strategies for managing workload, emotional demands, and other clinical stressors before they contribute to burnout
  • 10 Describe an individualized plan for supporting continued professional engagement, compassion, resilience, and integrity over time

  • Intended Audience

    This program is intended for healthcare professionals who routinely manage sustained cognitive, emotional, and ethical demands in high-pressure environments. These individuals are responsible for ongoing patient care, clinical decision-making, and maintaining effective communication and professional relationships, often while navigating chronic stress, emotional labor, and systemic constraints that can impact their emotional resilience and professional fulfillment.

    Examples of Relevant Professionals:

    • Physician
    • Nurse
    • Physician Assistant
    • Nurse Practitioner
    • Mental Health Professional
    • Social Worker
    • Psychologist
    • Psychiatrist
    • Behavioral Health Specialist
    • Clinical Pharmacist
    • Occupational Therapist
    • Physical Therapist
    • Medical Director
    • Clinical Supervisor
    • Healthcare Administrator

  • Experience Level

    This training is designed for licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals at all experience levels who seek to enhance their resilience, self-regulation, and relational effectiveness in demanding healthcare environments.


    • Beginner: New to provider wellness concepts or seeking foundational skills in self-regulation, stress management, and professional boundaries; may have limited experience applying neuroscience- or DBT-informed strategies in clinical practice.

    • Intermediate: Familiar with basic stress management and self-care practices; seeking to deepen understanding of neurobiological and psychological mechanisms of burnout, and to integrate evidence-informed resilience strategies into daily clinical work.

    • Advanced: Experienced in provider wellness and resilience practices; interested in refining advanced skills, analyzing complex stress responses, and implementing nuanced, values-aligned communication and boundary-setting strategies within high-pressure or leadership roles.

  • Practice Setting

    Healthcare professionals participating in this program typically work in fast-paced, high-stakes environments where they are responsible for patient care, clinical decision-making, and effective collaboration with colleagues. These settings often involve unpredictable workloads, frequent interruptions, and exposure to emotionally charged situations. Professionals may practice in both inpatient and outpatient facilities, community health centers, private practices, or administrative and leadership roles within healthcare organizations. The environment is characterized by time constraints, complex patient needs, interdisciplinary teamwork, and ongoing systemic challenges.

    Examples of Practice Settings:

    • Hospital inpatient units (medical, surgical, psychiatric, emergency departments)
    • Outpatient clinics and specialty practices
    • Community mental health centers
    • Rehabilitation and therapy centers
    • Long-term care and skilled nursing facilities
    • Integrated behavioral health settings
    • Academic medical centers and teaching hospitals
    • Private group or solo practices
    • Healthcare administration and leadership offices
    • Social service agencies and crisis intervention programs

Training Instructors:

Matt Cordova, PhD

Matt Cordova, PhD

Matt Cordova, PhD, is a licensed Clinical Psychologist. He completed training at the University of Kentucky (PhD), Palo Alto VA (predoctoral internship), and Stanford (postdoctoral residency) and has more than 25 years of experience working in integrated care settings. His clinical work in Behavioral Medicine has centered on oncology/hematology, chronic pain, and health behavior change.

As a Professor at Palo Alto University, Matt teaches Health Psychology and Provider Wellness courses, conducts research on medical and other trauma, and mentors doctoral students. He is also the Mental Health Training Program Manager and Psychology Training Director VA Northern California in Martinez. Matt’s interests in Behavioral medicine, early intervention for traumatic stress, and positive psychology converge in his work with healthcare provider resilience and well-being.

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Christophe Gimmler, MD, LMFT

Christophe Gimmler, MD, LMFT

Christophe is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford’s School of Medicine, practicing and teaching as a former chief hospitalist and current outpatient general internist at the Palo Alto VA Health Care System. Christophe is Associated Psychology Faculty at Palo Alto University’s Clinical Psychology Program and concurrently practices as a licensed psychotherapist in the community with over ten years’ experience with individuals, couples, and group work: he specializes in health care provider and trainee clientele.

From Christophe’s experience at the intersection of medicine and psychology, he has developed the central resiliency curriculum for Stanford Medical School clinical medical students as well as the Stanford Internal Medicine Residency. Christophe leads Balint groups and teaches intrapersonal and interpersonal resiliency skills with attending physicians, trainees, nursing, and social work staff in academic and private health care organizations around the Bay Area and the country.

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Training Outline
Key Topics Covered in this Training Include:

  • Restoring Regulation, Presence, and Compassion
    • Foundational self-regulation practices
      • Meditation practices to enhance attentional stability, clarity, and emotional regulation
      • Somatic and movement-based practices to release accumulated stress and restore physiological resilience
      • Compassion-based practices to reduce emotional exhaustion and support professional meaning
      • Application of regulation skills during high-stakes clinical encounters
  • Strengthening Intrapersonal Resilience
    • Stress, emotion, and cognitive regulation
      • Polyvagal theory-informed understanding of stress, safety, and recovery
      • Recognition of early indicators of overload and burnout
      • CBT-informed tools for emotional reactivity, rumination, self-criticism, perfectionism, and impostor syndrome
      • Application of regulation strategies in real clinical scenarios
  • Enhancing Relational Effectiveness in Healthcare Settings
    • Interpersonal skills for sustainable practice
      • Values-aligned boundary setting that supports ethical care
      • Communication of needs and negotiation for change using Nonviolent Communication principles
      • Active listening, reflective responding, emotional validation, and attuned presence to strengthen trust and collaboration
      • Integration of DBT interpersonal effectiveness, Nonviolent Communication, and right-brain communication framework

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CE Sponsorship Information

Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by, recognized by, or maintains sponsorship provider status with the following boards and agencies. We maintain responsibility for all content in our CE/CPD programs. For more information, visit here. 

  1. American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.

  2. Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.

  3. Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

  4. National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7190).


Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7190. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Palo Alto University, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Palo Alto University maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits. Continuing and Professional Studies, Palo Alto University, is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0103. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies, is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073.