Building Safety & Trust in Clinical Practice
A Powerful 2-Hour Transformational Seminar
Using the SWEET Four Layers of Transformation + Body–Mind–Meaning Framework

SEMINAR PROMISE
Trauma is not what happened. Trauma is what happened to safety, trust, and meaning inside the body. Most communication breakdowns in clinical work are not about poor technique.
They are about nervous systems that do not feel safe.

When safety is missing:
• words stop landing
• trust collapses
• power struggles emerge
• resistance intensifies
• healing stalls

Trauma-informed communication is not about being gentle. It is about being accurate. Accurate about how humans regulate, connect, and heal.

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Time: 12-2pm (EDT)

CEUs: 2

Online via Zoom

This course is eligible for 2 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psychologists in New York State

For more information about CEU approval, please click here.

WHY THIS SEMINAR MATTERS
What we say—and how we say it—can either unintentionally re-traumatize or become a corrective emotional experience. This seminar goes beyond buzzwords and checklists.

It teaches clinicians how to:
• build safety in real time
• communicate in ways the nervous system can receive
• restore trust without force, pressure, or power struggles
• transform resistance into collaboration

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Participants will learn how to:

•      Recognize how trauma shows up in communication, not just behavior

•      De-escalate without minimizing, fixing, or controlling

•      Apply trauma-informed communication across the SWEET Four Layers of Transformation

•      Use the Body–Mind–Meaning framework to build trust and engagement

•      Communicate in ways that restore agency, dignity, and self-trust

CORE FRAMEWORKS USED
SWEET Four Layers of Transformation
• Conscious — words, language, clarity
• Pre-Conscious — tone, pacing, nervous system cues
• Unconscious — threat, power, implicit memory
• Existential — meaning, dignity, identity, agency

SWEET Body–Mind–Meaning Framework
• Regulate the body
• Engage the mind
• Restore meaning

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
• Clinicians & therapists
• Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers
• Nurses & healthcare professionals
• Program directors & clinical leaders
• Anyone working with trauma-exposed individuals

THE TAKEAWAY
You will leave this seminar with:
• a new lens for understanding “difficult” interactions
• practical, immediately usable communication tools
• a deeper sense of confidence, clarity, and grounded presence

People don’t heal because we say the right thing. They heal because they feel safe enough to be real. Safety is the intervention. Trust is the outcome. Meaning is the medicine.

Here's what attendees have been saying about SWEET seminars:

"SWEET is such a helpful resource and an enjoyable way to continue to update my skills." - Lawrence, LCSW

"Overall, I find that the teachers and staff at SWEET are very welcoming and helpful. They want to provide, not just content, but support, consultation, and backup on every level." - Anne-Elizabeth, LCSW-R

"I love the courses, they are meaningful & practical!" - Lorie, LCSW-R