aBOUT dESTINATION pSYCH cE
Wanderlust and Wayfinding Meets Continuing Education in Psychology
Setting Out, Together
Destination Psych CE grew from our desire to bring meaningful, in-person continuing education for psychologists back into our professional lives—placing it in destinations we want to visit. Pairing continuing education with the perspective, spaciousness, and renewal born from stepping into a different place is needed now more than ever. After years in which opportunities for gathering were limited or lost, we wanted to create CE experiences where psychologists could learn together, reconnect with colleagues, and briefly step outside the familiar rhythms of daily practice.
Designed for Whole Lives
Our programs are grounded in a simple belief: psychologists are whole people with layered lives—clinicians, caregivers, partners, parents, colleagues, and community members. Our CE programs support the integration of the various facets of life. Each program is intentionally structured to honor the realities of modern practice while creating room to slow down, look outward, and return with greater clarity and steadiness.
Navigating Challenging Terrain
We are practicing in a time marked by profound uncertainty, heightened fear, and deepening division. These forces shape the lives of the children, families, and communities we serve — and we are not separate from them. We live alongside our clients, share their communities, and feel the impact of these same events in our own lives. In this context, clinicians are asked to hold complexity, witness harm, and remain grounded and humane, often without adequate space to process what we ourselves are carrying.
Landmarks Along the Way
We hold hope that, as a profession and as a broader community, we will find our way through this period of fracture and change. Until then, we believe in the importance of landmarks along the way—shared experiences, meaningful learning, and moments of renewal that help us look ahead, stay the course, and return to our work with clarity and care.
Meet Our Founding Psychologists
We are all practicing psychologists at Blossom Whole Family Therapy & Child Psychology Center in Minnetonka, Minnesota — a multidisciplinary practice specializing in child psychology, therapy for teens, and whole-family care. Our clinical work is what brought us together, and it’s what continues to shape how we design these programs. Learn more about our practice at Blossom Whole Family Therapy.
Karla Buerkle, PhD, LP, NCSP
Founding Collaborator
Karla Buerkle has practiced psychology across schools, communities, and clinics, and is inspired by mind-body-heart-soul balance in our purpose-driven work. Her childhood love of nature immersion – especially Minnesota lakes – and balancing passion around equity and opportunity has spurred her to grab every opportunity to explore other places, spaces, and cultures.
Jessica Cohen, PhD, LP
Founding Collaborator
Jessica Cohen is a Clinical Psychologist from Minneapolis with a life long love of travel. She has worked with children, families and adults for over 25 years, and loves to bring play, curiosity and fun into the mix as she supports others in celebrating who they are and in living full lives.
Gretchen Lewis-Snyder, PhD, LP
Founding Collaborator
Gretchen Lewis-Snyder is a psychologist, wife, and mother of two boys, with a deep longing for immersion in the natural world and a love of creative making and building. In her work with children, teens, and young adults—many learning to manage anxiety, OCD, and ADHD—she strives to foster curious exploration, self-efficacy, and confidence to face what lies ahead, while drawing strength from meaningful connections.
Advantages
Majestic Landscapes Inspire
Some of our clearest thinking has happened far from conference rooms — in landscapes that slowed us down, demanded our attention, and reminded us what it feels like to be fully present.
We created Destination Psych CE to extend that experience to others — offering education that is rigorous, grounded, and shaped by place.
