Resilience Enhancement and Leadership Model (REALM)

Description

Clinicians know that emotional exhaustion, fractured workplace communication, and unprocessed stress are more than just workplace inconveniences—they are barriers to sustainable healing, leadership, and connection. The Resilience Enhancement and Leadership Model (REALM) offers a transformative, evidence-based roadmap to restore clarity, composure, and connection in both clinical and organizational settings.

In this compelling self-study course, clinicians will discover practical strategies to enhance well-being, develop leadership rooted in trust and compassion, and improve interpersonal resilience across every domain of professional life.

Vira Salzburn, M.S., an internationally recognized leader in resilience and suicide prevention, brings her expertise in trauma-sensitive mindfulness, self-compassion, and leadership development to this empowering course. With a background in organizational behavior and years of field experience supporting clinicians and communities, Vira is uniquely qualified to guide learners toward meaningful, lasting transformation.

Her approach integrates neuroscience, trauma-informed frameworks, and self-regulation practices with relational and organizational leadership tools. Vira doesn’t just teach theory—she equips professionals with actionable strategies rooted in science and aligned with human values.

Topics covered include the biology of the stress and relaxation responses, the foundations of trauma-informed care, the interpersonal pillars of safety, satisfaction, and connection, and the four dimensions of trust: sincerity, reliability, competence, and care. The course explores how to align one’s professional identity with core values, build cultures of care, and respond effectively to common cognitive distortions and emotional triggers.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand the stress and relaxation response: Learn to identify and navigate physiological stress patterns using proven self-regulation skills.

• Enhance interpersonal wellness: Recognize how trust, compassion, and aligned values foster safe, connected, and resilient relationships.

• Lead with integrity and care: Develop leadership practices that create trust, boost morale, and promote psychological safety within teams.

Why this course?

• Clinically relevant and practical: This course offers tools clinicians can use right away—with clients, colleagues, and within themselves.

• Expert instruction from a trusted leader: Vira Salzburn’s unique blend of evidence-based practice and heartfelt leadership provides depth, clarity, and inspiration.

• Mission-aligned training: Developed by Telehealth Certification Institute, this course embodies our mission to equip healthcare professionals with exceptional education for the highest quality care.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the stress response and the relaxation response

• Assess the role of safety, connection, and satisfaction in interpersonal wellness

• Discuss factors contributing to building trust and living in accord to your core values

Whether you’re a clinician seeking to restore your own energy and purpose, or a leader hoping to inspire healthier team dynamics, the REALM course offers a clear path forward. Grounded in science and fueled by compassion, it invites you to deepen your resilience, realign with your core values, and reimagine what’s possible in your professional life.

Your path to professional sustainability begins here—Enroll now to gain access instantly.

Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 3 hours of video instruction and a post-test.

Course Details

Availability: 

From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: 

This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: 

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to Attend: 

Course access and completion instructions.

Instructor and Disclosures

Instructor

About Vira Salzburn, M.S.

Vira Salzburn is the Program Director for Safety and Resilience programs at Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council. She earned a Master of Science degree in Management, Organizational Behavior & Leadership from Troy University and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in Humanities from Auburn University at Montgomery. Vira also holds a graduate certificate in Topics in Human Behavior from Harvard University.

Vira is a Mindful Self-Compassion Trained Teacher, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training Master Trainer, and Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Instructor. She is a Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® Teacher, and is also trained in the Search Inside Yourself program of Google Leadership Institute, Trauma Informed Coaching, and Compassionate Leadership, the program of the Task Force for Global Health.

Vira is the developer of the community-based upstream suicide prevention approach that uses evidence-based Mindful-Self Compassion programming. She is a public speaker on suicide prevention, resilience, mindfulness, and self-compassion, and has been selected for the 2022 Savannah TEDx.

As a Ukrainian-American, Vira recognizes the importance of overcoming cultural barriers and connecting with others for making a meaningful difference on personal, organizational, and community levels. Since moving to the U.S. in 2007, Vira has had the privilege of volunteering as an interpreter and a liaison between Ukrainian orphaned children and American adoptive families, which has greatly impacted her perception of compassion and servanthood and helped her better understand the true meaning behind the idea of “changing the world one life at a time”.

Vira Slazburn's instructor information.

Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:

This course consists of 3 continuing education hours of credit.

Counselors:

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC 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-0048.

Marriage and Family Therapists: 

Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations.  You can check with your board to determine if your licensing board would accept this course.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC 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 marriage and family therapists #MFT-0135, effective May 8, 2025.

Social Workers:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, #1609, 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: 05/02/2024 – 05/02/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC 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-0435.

Addiction Professionals:

This course has been approved by Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits, effective 2/20/2024. NAADAC Provider #193104, Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

Psychologists:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC 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-0128.

Art Therapists: 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC 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 Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0093.

Other Professionals:

This course qualifies for 180 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations.  Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

This is a non-interactive, self-study course.

Accommodations and Policies

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