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An ACT Framework for Addressing Burnout
A 90-minute professional development webinar for helpers & those supporting mission-driven professionals in a system under strain
🔥 The Challenge
Burnout is reaching critical levels among helping professionals — and those of us providing support are feeling it too. Standard advice can feel flat or obvious. We need a compassionate, evidence-based framework — one that supports both our clients and ourselves.
✅ What You’ll Learn
In this 90-minute interactive webinar, you’ll gain:
✅ A practical ACT-informed model about burnout
✅ Insight into how individual traits and workplace context interact to fuel burnout
✅ Tools for working with perfectionism and emotional avoidance
✅ ACT-based exercises to increase openness, values clarity, and psychological flexibility
✅ Clinically relevant strategies for working with neurodivergent professionals
✅ Language that helps clients reconnect to purpose — even in broken systems
Who This Is For (And Not For)
This webinar is for:
✔ Clinical psychologists and therapists
✔ Anyone in the helping field or working with clients in helping fields
✔ Supervisors and consultants supporting professionals under stress
✔ Anyone seeking ACT-aligned ways to talk about burnout and compassion fatigue
It may not be for:
✘ Anyone seeking formal CE credits or a certification
✘ Managers looking for performance-improvement tools
🎁 What’s Included
90-minute live webinar
PDF workbook with tools, prompts, and burnout resources with newsletter sign up
About Dr. Kerry Makin-Byrd
Dr. Kerry Makin-Byrd is a clinical psychologist in Wellington, NZ with over 15 years of experience supporting professionals in high-demand roles. She specializes in burnout prevention, ACT, and values-based clinical supervision. Known for her warmth, humor, and clinical clarity, Kerry brings both research and humanity to every workshop she leads. More on Kerry’s background here.
💬 What Past Attendees Say About Kerry’s Trainings
Kerry is compassionate, warm, dependable, funny, and thoughtful.
Kerry’s ability to read a group, understand their needs, and deliver coaching and teaching in a way that resonates with them is remarkable. Her approach integrates science with warmth and compassion, which, together with her experience and expertise make her a truly valuable partner.
I am a clinical psychologist and Director of a workforce development initiative who has collaborated with Kerry for years. She recently provided an excellent training for us that was incredibly well received. Can't recommend her enough!
“Open, inviting atmosphere. Loved all her scientific references of study.”
“Kerry is great. So open, accepting and kind.”
“Kerry is delightful — the right balance of personal approach and professionalism.”
“She is encouraging, joyful, and makes you feel comfortable in sharing.”
“Kerry is warm and unintimidating, fun and loving. She is inspiring and makes the learning fun.”
“Her approach is very accessible. As someone at a different life stage than others, I never felt out of place — Kerry’s warmth and inclusivity made that possible.”
Wise, Fierce, and Tender: Using Compassion to Support Clients in Grief, Shame, and Burnout
A 120-minute webinar is a science-based clinical training for therapists ready to integrate compassionate tools with confidence
🔥 The Challenge
Clients who are struggling with shame, burnout, or grief can be especially stuck. When clients are stuck in cycles of self-criticism or collapse, it can be hard to know what to say next.
This 90-minute webinar offers concrete, evidence-based compassion tools to use in session—and for your own emotional resilience. If you’ve ever wished for language or practices that are wise, fierce, and tender in the face of suffering, this training is for you.
✅ What You’ll Learn
In this 90-minute interactive webinar, you’ll gain:
✅ How compassion protects against burnout (for you and your clients)
✅ Three compassion-based scripts you can begin using immediately
✅ How to adapt practices for different cultural and clinical contexts
✅ Seven compassion exercises to try in session—or in supervision
✅ Why fierce compassion is essential in trauma and grief work
Who This Is For (And Not For)
This webinar is for therapists, coaches, and helpers who want to:
✔ Supplement their practice with brief, practical tools
✔ Feel more confident addressing shame and collapse
✔ Explore the science of compassion without fluff or jargon
✔ Create space for warmth and courage in the therapy room
It may not be for:
✘ Anyone seeking formal CE credits or a certification
✘ Managers looking for performance-improvement tools
🎁 What’s Included
120-minute live webinar
PDF workbook with tools, prompts, and resources with newsletter sign up
About Dr. Kerry Makin-Byrd
Dr. Kerry Makin-Byrd is a clinical psychologist in Wellington, NZ with over 15 years of experience supporting professionals in high-demand roles. She specializes in burnout prevention, ACT, and values-based clinical supervision. Known for her warmth, humor, and clinical clarity, Kerry brings both research and humanity to every workshop she leads. More on Kerry’s background here.
💬 What Past Attendees Say About Kerry’s Trainings
“Open, inviting atmosphere. Loved all her scientific references of study.”
“Kerry is great. So open, accepting and kind.”
“Kerry is delightful — the right balance of personal approach and professionalism.”
“She is encouraging, joyful, and makes you feel comfortable in sharing.”
“Kerry is warm and unintimidating, fun and loving. She is inspiring and makes the learning fun.”
“Her approach is very accessible. As someone at a different life stage than others, I never felt out of place — Kerry’s warmth and inclusivity made that possible.”