A Clinical Understanding of Imposter Syndrome
Using the SWEET Four Layers of Transformation+ Body–Mind–Meaning Framework

Imposter syndrome is not a confidence problem. It’s not insecurity. And it’s definitely not a lack of competence. Imposter syndrome is a learned survival adaptation—shaped by identity, nervous system conditioning, and meaning formed under pressure.

If reassurance worked, it would already be gone. If achievement cured it, your degrees would have healed you.

This seminar goes where most conversations about imposter syndrome never do—beneath insight, beneath affirmations, beneath “you’re good enough.”

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Time: 12-2pm (EDT)

CEUs: 2

Format: Live on Zoom

This course is eligible for 2 CEUs for social workers through the NASW National CE Approval Program in 48 states (EXCLUDING: New Jersey and West Virginia).

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
Imposter syndrome:
• quietly drives burnout, over-functioning, and chronic self-doubt
• disproportionately impacts clinicians, leaders, and high-achievers
• is often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or unintentionally reinforced in treatment

This training offers a non-pathologizing, clinically precise, deeply humane reframe—one that restores safety, identity, and meaning.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Participants will:
• Understand imposter syndrome as a nervous-system and identity phenomenon, not a confidence issue
• Learn to assess imposter syndrome across the SWEET Four Layers of Transformation™
• Apply the Body–Mind–Meaning Framework to clinical work and self-reflection
• Identify patterns that keep imposter syndrome alive—even in high performers
• Use interventions that interrupt the cycle without reassurance, bypassing, or shame
• Leave with tools that are immediately usable with clients and themselves

SEMINAR STRUCTURE
Part I: What Imposter Syndrome Really Is – A Clinical Reframe
Part II: The SWEET Four Layers of Transformation™
Part III: Body–Mind–Meaning: Assessment & Intervention
Part IV: Clinical Demonstration / Case Application
Part V: Integration + Q&A

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
• Social Workers (all levels)
• Psychologists
• Counselors & Therapists
• Psychiatrists & Medical Providers
• Supervisors, Educators, and Clinical Leaders
• Anyone tired of “knowing they’re capable” but still feeling like an imposter

TAKEAWAY
You don’t heal imposter syndrome by believing in yourself more.
You heal it by feeling safe enough to stop proving your worth.
And that changes everything.

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

"Love the SWEET institute! Always learning and evolving personally and professionally." - Michelle, LCSW-R

"The entire seminar worked well for me." - Ellene, LCSW

"Wonderful webinar full of life-changing information and strategies." - Daniel, LMSW