Steady Practice in Unsteady Times
October 10-17, 2026
The world is a lot right now. This week is for you.
The political climate is affecting your clients, your practice, and you. Join us for six nights of clinical education, honest conversation with colleagues who get it, and space to finally exhale.
And you’ll be in Tuscany. So of course there will be wine, hilltop villages, and a full day to explore the sites.
What You Will Gain
Participants will leave feeling grounded, confident, and better equipped to navigate the complexities of clinical work in a rapidly changing political landscape. They will return with renewed energy, sustainable self-care practices, and a deeper sense of clarity and purpose in their work.
A Different Kind of Continuing Education
Tuscany offers that rare combination of natural beauty, cultural richness, and calm. When clinicians are given the opportunity to learn in this type of setting, something shifts. Reflection deepens. Conversations slow down. Rest becomes more possible. Insight has room to arrive.
Deep Connection
A cohort small enough to actually get to know each other.
Impactful Learning
Education that is experiential, not lecture-heavy.
Speakers that Do the Work
Led by clinicians, researchers, and advocates active in immigration, policy, and systems change.
Immersive Retreat Details
A Week of Profound Practice
October 10-17, 2026
Our seven-day retreat is designed to prioritize both experiential learning and restoration. We begin each day with breakfast provided onsite, a short movement activity, and breathtaking views.
Educational sessions include:
We have mindfully left afternoons and one full day free for you to enjoy Tuscany at your own pace.
Your retreat fee includes full access to the grounds, all steps from your room:
Beyond the villa
We’ll share curated recommendations for day trips, hill towns, and local favorites.
One key restorative element of this retreat is the villa and its grounds, the stunning One Belvedere Tuscany Resort. Please see the link for more information about the venue.
Retreat at a Glance
7 Days, 6 Nights · 12 CE Hours
Day 1
Arrival & Welcome
Afternoon check-in, welcome circle, and communal opening dinner.
Day 2
Clinical Reality in a Divided World (3 CEs)
The current landscape and its impact on identity, intersectionality, and threatened clients — followed by a reflection lab on how it’s showing up in your sessions. Afternoon outing and dinner on-site.
Day 3
Ethics, Activism & Moral Distress (3 CEs)
A professional debate on activism and public voice, then a license-specific working session on what your ethics code actually says about public participation. Afternoon cooking class, shared meal, and optional wine tasting.
Day 4
Nervous System Reset (No CEs)
A full day off — regional excursion, relationship building, and rest.
Day 5
Working With Clients Through Hard Times (4 CEs)
Three sessions on intersectional identity, supporting clients harmed by systems and policy, and an honest look at your own bias and values. Afternoon outing and dinner on-site.
Day 6
Staying in It for the Long Haul (3 CEs)
Skills practice for hard conversations, a panel on sustainable practice and avoiding burnout, and a closing workshop where you’ll build your personal action plan. Closing ceremony, community dinner, and evening social.
Day 7
Departure
Breakfast and airport transfers.
Continuing Education
CE approvals are pending for APA, ACE, and NBCC.
Space to Say What You Actually Think
Many clinicians right now are navigating a quiet kind of self-censorship at work — watching what they say about politics, immigration, identity, or current events in staff meetings, in supervision, in the hallways. The professional and legal climate has made frankness feel risky, even among colleagues who probably agree.
This retreat is designed to be something different: a protected, intentional space where you can say what you actually think. With a small cohort of colleagues who chose to be there for the same reason. Facilitated by people who take both the clinical work and the political moment seriously.
Not a venting session. Not a political rally. But an honest, professionally grounded conversation about what it means to do this work right now — and space to breathe while having it.
Meet Your Guides and Hosts
Erin Klein, LCPC
Erin has 15 years of experience in the mental health field working as a clinician and supervisor in a variety of settings including social service agencies, youth and family services, addiction treatment, and private practice. She is a licensed Bilingual (Spanish) counselor. She also has experience in hospitality both domestic and international and loves to travel and share beautiful places with others. As a cofounder of Unpack CE Retreats, she hopes to join these two fields by creating extraordinary retreat experiences for mental health professionals.
Meredith Rataj, LMFT
Meredith is Program Director at Saint Louis University's Transformative Workforce Academy, where she leads a team that prepares and connects justice-involved individuals with fair chance employment opportunities. Meredith previously worked in immigrant services in St. Louis for fifteen years at St. Francis Community Services as a licensed Bilingual (Spanish) Marriage and Family Therapist and Director of Immigrant Services.
Meghan Beier, PhD
Meghan Beier, PhD, co-founder of Unpack CE Retreats, is a licensed clinical psychologist at Rowan Center for Behavioral Medicine and on faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a nationally and internationally recognized speaker and has been featured in the New York Times, People Magazine, and Psychology Today. Meghan is also the founder of Find Empathy, an online continuing education platform for mental health clinicians. That work, her own love of travel, and a deep belief that connection and community will enhance the learning process, led her to co-found Unpack CE Retreats.
Rachael Harrah
Rachael Harrah is a self-discovery guide, workshop facilitator and thought leader helping women find themselves again after life changes them. With twenty years of experience working with women on identity and self-expression — as a brand strategist, creative director, and founder of her own clothing line — Rachael brings both professional depth and hard-won personal wisdom to her work. After her own life fell apart at 40, she pieced herself back together as a truer and more whole version of herself than she'd ever been before. That journey became her methodology. Her workshop, The Woman Within, has guided women across Europe through a process of radical self-discovery — using an EMDR and IFS-inspired approach to help them reconnect with who they really are beneath all the roles and expectations. She is not a clinician. She is a guide — someone who has walked the path and shows up to walk it with you.
Guide to be announced
Another guide will be joining us for this retreat — bio coming soon.
Your Sanctuary Awaits
One Belvedere Tuscany has been carefully selected as the backdrop for this meaningful retreat. Beautiful, peaceful accommodations and sweeping views of the Tuscan hills gives us time to breathe, contemplate, and regroup as clinicians.
Nourishing Culinary Experience
Food is medicine, and every meal at our retreat is an act of love. Our chef partners with local Tuscan farms to create dishes that delight the senses and fuel your transformation.
The Food
Your mornings will begin with breakfast at QB Cucina, the estate's own restaurant led by chef Federico Viti. The name comes from the Italian phrase “quanto basta” — “as much as needed” — a nod to the intuitive, waste-conscious cooking traditions passed down through generations. QB Cucina will also host two community dinners during the retreat, offering a chance to gather and share a meal together.
The menu is entirely vegetarian, crafted around what the land itself provides. Eggs come from the estate's free-range hens, honey from its own bee colonies, and the rest is sourced through close partnerships with local organic producers. It's cooking rooted in respect for ingredients and place — seasonal, intentional, and genuinely delicious.
However, if you crave something outside of a vegetarian diet, there are several restaurants and cafes nearby to explore during your free time.
Dietary Accommodations
We honor every body's unique needs. Our kitchen joyfully accommodates all dietary requirements—just let us know your needs when registering.
Choose Your Experience
We offer two accommodation options, each including the full retreat experience. Choose the option that feels right for you.
Private Room
$6,300
$5,500
per person
*early enrollment pricing until June 1
- Private bedroom
- Private bathroom
- Luxury villa accommodations
- Full retreat access
- All excursions and CE included
Only 6 private rooms available.
Shared Room
$4,950
$4,150
per person
*early enrollment pricing until June 1
- Shared suite (2 participants)
- Luxury villa accommodations
- Full retreat access
- All excursions and CE included
Solo booking for shared room? Register solo and we’ll pair you with another solo attendee. Contact us to get matched. Subject to availability.
Payment Schedule
If reserving with a deposit:
- Non-refundable deposit of $1,000 to reserve your spot
- 50% of remaining balance charged automatically 30 days after deposit
- Final balance charged automatically on July 12, 2026
- Or pay in full now
Need a payment plan? Contact us to discuss options that work for you.
Spots are intentionally limited to preserve intimacy and quality.
Why This Investment Makes Sense
Most of the conferences you are used to attending include 3–4 days of back-to-back sessions in a hotel ballroom. You sit through slides, check your phone, grab a lanyard tote bag, and fly home exhausted.
This is a different experience entirely.
For one all-inclusive price, you receive:
- 12 CE hours in an immersive, experiential format — not passive lectures, but skill-building workshops, case practice, panel discussions, and facilitated reflection designed by licensed clinicians for licensed clinicians.
- 6 nights at One Belvedere, a working Tuscan estate with vineyards, a spa, farm-to-table dining, and the kind of views that reset your nervous system.
- Daily breakfast, two community dinners, and all retreat programming.
- A small group of colleagues doing the same kind of work you are, building relationships that last beyond the week.
You’ll still need to arrange your own flights. But everything else? Handled. This is CE that actually gives you something back.
What's Included
- All accommodation for 6 nights
- Daily breakfast and two community dinners provided onsite
- 12 approved continuing education credits
- Yoga, meditation, and wellness sessions
- Workshop materials and workbooks
- Welcome reception and farewell dinner
- Access to all retreat amenities including spa
- Certificate of completion
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This is the week you’ve been putting off.
Spots are limited to keep the cohort small. If this sounds like what you need, we’d love to have you there.