My Wellness Retreats: Panama
Earn up to 12 CE credits on a private island in Panama, with perinatal-focused learning and rest for therapists, social workers and physicians, taught by renowned presenters and authors.
You hold space for other people's hardest days. Then you carry them home.
Over time, that weight builds into burnout and compassion fatigue, and it rarely announces itself. You notice it when a weekend off no longer feels like enough. This retreat gives you room to set it down. Someone else takes care of the details, and you earn your CE credits at a pace that leaves time to breathe.
We call it our roadmap to healing the healer.
This retreat is for you if…
Up to 12 CE and CME credits, approved by APA, ASWB and ACCME
The sessions explore the mental health journey across the reproductive continuum, including fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum experience.
Designed for perinatal mental health professionals, and valuable for any therapist seeking deeper experiential learning, nervous system restoration and a renewed connection to their work.
Taught by clinicians who've done this work
Tomi founded My Wellness Retreats and teaches at this retreat too. She's a Pittsburgh therapist, business owner and doula whose clinical work includes traumatic births, adoption, and grief and loss. She also founded My Wellness Center and the MAYA Organization, a nonprofit supporting low-income pregnant women.
Bethany is a perinatal psychotherapist in private practice in San Diego, with more than 25 years in reproductive mental health. Certified in EMDR therapy and Perinatal Mental Health, she's the author of The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Workbook and Healing From Reproductive Trauma, and a past President of the Postpartum Health Alliance board.
Audrey is a CE provider in perinatal mental health, reproductive trauma and bereavement care. She built a perinatal bereavement program in a Pittsburgh maternity setting, and her work also covers NICU families and helping providers with their own grief.
Selva Terra, a private island in Panama's Gulf of Chiriquí
An award-winning eco resort on Isla Boca Brava, set inside its own protected nature reserve off Panama's Pacific coast.
Explore
Nearly 200 acres of reserve, with nature trails, six secluded sandy beaches and two pools with service-at-sea. Ocean kayaks, fishing kayaks and paddleboards are yours to use, and you can join a howler monkey hike.
Restore
Each morning starts with gentle yoga. Book a massage, or try the optional pottery class.
Eat
Harvest-led cuisine: à la carte breakfast and lunch, light bites and a four-course dinner. Drinks include a signature welcome cocktail, handcrafted cocktails, curated wines, beers, revival shots and smoothies.
Stay
Every room has air conditioning, a private terrace with ocean views, bamboo hypoallergenic linens and daily housekeeping. Starlink WiFi covers your room, the communal spaces and even the sportfishing boats.
Testimonials
These are past guests who joined us on our Costa Rica retreat, sharing what the experience meant to them.
Choose how you'd like to stay
Questions, answered
How do I get there?+
Fly into David International Airport. Ground transportation takes you to Boca Chica, and a boat brings you across to the island. Transfers are included both ways. You book your own flights.
Can I bring someone who isn't attending the sessions?+
Yes, at the Non-Attending Guest rate.
Can the kitchen handle dietary needs?+
Yes. Selva Terra caters for vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free diets, and for allergies.
The Threshold
Caring for yourself is essential to caring for others.