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Where Clinical Excellence Meets Personal Renewal

A Retreat & Learning Community for Helping Professionals

Every clinician draws from an invisible well.

Every therapy session, crisis intervention, supervision meeting, consultation, difficult conversation, and ethical decision requires us to lower our bucket into that well. Over time, the demands of the profession can drain it. Many clinicians are taught how to keep giving, but few are taught how to protect, replenish, and sustain the source from which they give.

Back to the Well was created for clinicians who recognize that sustainable care begins with caring for themselves. More than a continuing education event, Back to the Well is an opportunity to step away from the demands of everyday life, reconnect with your purpose, deepen your professional practice, and return home renewed.

Return to what sustains you.

Because the most important tool you bring to your work is you.

What Is a Training Retreat?

A training retreat is more than just CE credits in a beautiful place. It’s a curated experience that blends professional development with cultural exploration and intentional self-care.

Whether you’re seeking to deepen your clinical skills, prevent burnout, or reconnect with your purpose—this is the space for you.

Why Back to the Well?

In helping professions, we are often taught how to care for others, but rarely how to sustain ourselves.

Burnout, compassion fatigue, isolation, and emotional exhaustion are increasingly common among professionals who spend their lives supporting their communities. The solution isn’t simply doing less. It is intentionally returning to the sources that restore us.

Back to the Well is built on the belief that wellness is not separate from professional development. Reflection, rest, connection, and growth are essential components of ethical, effective, and sustainable practice.

When we invest in ourselves, the impact extends far beyond us.

It ripples into our clients, our supervisees, our organizations, our families, and our communities.

Past Destinations

New Orleans, LA

Barbados

Invest in Yourself—Professionally and Personally

Your clients benefit most when you are grounded, trained, and well.
Take the time to pour back into yourself while expanding your clinical toolkit in ways a traditional workshop can’t match.

What Makes Our Retreats Different?

Continuing Education with Purpose

Earn NBCC and ASWB continuing education credits while engaging in meaningful discussions that support both your professional development and personal well-being.

Wellness Beyond Self-Care

Move beyond surface-level self-care conversations and explore sustainable approaches to preventing burnout, building resilience, setting boundaries, and maintaining long-term wellness.

Community & Connection

Join a community of helping professionals who understand the unique challenges and rewards of this work. Build relationships that continue long after the retreat ends.

Transformative Destinations

Our retreats are intentionally hosted in inspiring locations that encourage reflection, restoration, and perspective.

Space to Breathe

No rushing from session to session. No overwhelming conference schedules. Just intentional learning, meaningful conversations, and room to reconnect with yourself.

Participant Testimonials

Join The Community

Back to the Well is a movement toward sustainable, connected, and impactful helping professions. If you’re ready to step away from the demands of daily life, reconnect with yourself, and return home refreshed, inspired, and equipped for what comes next, we invite you to join us.

Come back to the well.

Your clients, your community, and your future self will thank you for it. Ready to invest in yourself?

Retreat Policies

Cancellation policy

We understand that plans can change. Because Back to the Well retreats require advance commitments with our venue, instructors, and vendors, the following cancellation policy applies:

Deposits are non-refundable but may be transferred to another Back to the Well retreat within 12 months, provided the transfer request is made at least 60 days before the retreat start date.
Cancellations made 90 or more days before the retreat are eligible for a refund of all payments made, minus the non-refundable deposit.
Cancellations made 60–89 days before the retreat are eligible for a 50% refund of payments made, excluding the deposit.
Cancellations made fewer than 60 days before the retreat are non-refundable due to financial commitments made on your behalf.

If we are able to fill your spot from the waitlist, we may, at our discretion, offer a credit toward a future retreat.

If Turning Point Counseling & Wellness Services must cancel the retreat, you will receive a full refund of all registration fees paid. Please note that we are not responsible for airfare, lodging, travel insurance, or other travel-related expenses incurred by participants.

Because unexpected events can occur, we strongly recommend purchasing comprehensive travel insurance, including trip cancellation and interruption coverage, to protect your investment.