Burn Bright, Not Out: Flow and Resilience in High Achievers and Athletes

Learn to help high achievers sustain flow, boost resilience, and combat burnout with ACT tools like mindfulness, values, & self-compassion.
About this Event

This engaging training examines the intricate relationship between flow and burnout, providing clinicians with practical strategies to help high achievers maintain peak performance while prioritizing mental well-being. Participants will explore the impact of unrelenting standards on cognitive fusion and resilience, learning how these factors contribute to burnout and hinder psychological flexibility. Through evidence-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) interventions—including mindfulness practices, values-based action, and self-compassion techniques—clinicians will gain actionable tools to promote sustainable flow, enhance psychological flexibility, and mitigate burnout in high-performing clients.

Date: Monday, June 9th, 2025

Time: 12:00PM-3:00PM EST

Location: Zoom

Cost: $60

3 CE/CEU: AFFIRM Mental Health, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work and the State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0695 and licensed psychologists (PSY-0196).
AFFIRM Mental Health LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7580. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. AFFIRM Mental Health LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.AFFIRM Mental Health LLC #1929, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) provider. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period is 7/18/2024-7/18/2025. Courses that do not qualify for CE credit with ASWB are clearly indicated.

Anastasia Sfiroudis-Rodriguez, LCSW, is a psychotherapist, mental health leader, and trainer based in New York. She specializes in treating anxiety, perfectionism, and burnout in high achievers and athletes. As a former athlete and recovering perfectionist herself, Anastasia is known for her dynamic and empathetic approach. She encourages clients and colleagues to embrace growth and continuous improvement—reflecting her practice’s name, Meliora, which means “better things ahead.”

Anastasia owns and operates Meliora Psychotherapy, a private practice where she uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help high achievers, students, and athletes build resilience, develop psychological flexibility, and live authentically in alignment with their values.

She also serves on the board of the ACBS Social Work Special Interest Group (SIG) and is currently pursuing her Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) certification to further enhance her expertise in performance consulting.