Advanced Strategies in Solution-Focused Therapy

Most therapy gets stuck not because clients are resistant—but because the problem has become the center of gravity. When we organize care around pathology, we unintentionally reinforce it. When we center deficits, we shrink possibility.

Solution-Focused Therapy is not about ignoring problems. It’s about liberating people from them.

This seminar is about moving beyond the problem—beyond overanalysis, beyond fixation, beyond burnout—and into capacity, momentum, dignity, and sustainable change. This is advanced, precision-based, science-informed clinical work for clinicians who want impact—not just insight.

Date: Tuesday, March 24, 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.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Participants will gain advanced, immediately usable strategies to:

• Shift sessions from problem-saturated to solution-generating

• Interrupt stuck clinical patterns without minimizing suffering

• Evoke strengths clients forgot they had

• Restore agency, momentum, and meaning in complex clinical work

• Work more efficiently while reducing clinician burnout

THE SWEET TRANSFORMATIONAL MODEL

This seminar integrates Solution-Focused Therapy with:

The SWEET Four Layers of Transformation

• Conscious: Reframing clinical focus and language

• Preconscious: Identifying reinforcement loops that sustain problems

• Unconscious: Shifting identity from “the problem” to capability

• Existential: Reconnecting change to purpose, values, and meaning

The SWEET Body–Mind–Meaning Framework

• Body: Regulation, safety, readiness for change

• Mind: Attention, language, solution-oriented cognition

• Meaning: Why change matters—and why it lasts

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Social Workers

• Psychologists

• Mental Health Clinicians

• Supervisors and Clinical Leaders

Ideal for professionals working with trauma, burnout, serious mental illness, substance use, high-acuity populations, and complex systems of care.

WHY THIS SEMINAR MATTERS

You don’t need more detail about what’s broken. You need better ways to activate what’s already working. When focus shifts, outcomes shift. When meaning returns, change accelerates.

The problem is not the person.

The problem is not the story.

The problem is not the future.

This seminar shows you how to move beyond all three.

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

"What worked well for me from today's experience is that this entire seminar was quite a learning and educational experience." - Phyllis, LMSW

"Well-organized and great explanations with examples." - Barbara, LCSW-R

"It was very well organized and easy to follow." - Lois, LCSW