THE BIBLIOTHERAPY MASTERY SERIES
How to Use Reading as a Clinical Intervention for Real Change

A Monthly 2-Hour Seminar Series by The SWEET Institute

Once a Month | 7:00–9:00 PM (ET) | Live Online

THE PROMISE
Bibliotherapy is not “recommended reading.”
Bibliotherapy is a clinical intervention—when you know how to use it.

This series teaches you how to take a book, a paragraph, a quote, or a passage…and turn it into:
emotional regulation; identity repair; behavior change; relationship transformation; trauma-informed healing; and sustainable growth

Because the right sentence at the right moment can change a life.
But only if you know how to deliver it.

Date: Monday, March 16, 2026

Time: 7-9pm (EDT)
CEU: 2
Location: 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.

WHO THIS SERIES IS FOR
This series is open to everyone, including:

•      Clinicians (social workers, psychologists, counselors, psychiatrists, NPs)

•      Leaders & supervisors

•      Educators & school professionals

•      Coaches & mentors

•      Parents & caregivers

•      Helping professionals and growth-oriented humans

Whether you are supporting clients, teams, students, families—or yourself—this series will give you a structured method you can use immediately.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN (THE SWEET METHOD)
Each month you’ll learn one new topic and one new way to use bibliotherapy as an adjunctive intervention using:

•      The SWEET Four Layers of Transformation
Conscious → Preconscious → Unconscious → Existential

•      The SWEET Body–Mind–Meaning Framework
Regulate the body → Restructure the mind → Restore meaning

•      DAF Implementation Model

Decision → Action → Feeling
(so reading becomes change—not just insight)

MONTHLY TOPICS (12-MONTH SEQUENCE)
Each session builds step-by-step mastery:
February 23, 2026: Foundations of Bibliotherapy Mastery (how to do it clinically)
March 16, 2026: Nervous System Regulation + Reading (Body first)
April 20, 2026: Internal Dialogue Transformation (rewrite the script)
May 18, 2026: Attachment + Relational Patterns (repair and security)
June 15, 2026: Trauma + Repetition Compulsion (break the pattern safely)
July 16, 2026: Shame + Self-Worth Repair (restore dignity)
August 17, 2026: Emotional Mastery + Distress Tolerance (feel without reacting)
September 14, 2026: Boundaries + Assertiveness (self-respect in action)
October 19, 2026: Comparison + Perfectionism (identity theft recovery)
November 16, 2026: Burnout + Meaning Restoration (renewal, hope, purpose)
December 14, 2026: Leadership, Parenting & Influence (become the environment)
January 11, 2027: Capstone Integration (treatment planning, measurement, sustainability)

WHAT YOU’LL LEAVE WITH EACH MONTH
Every session is practical and implementation-based. You will leave with:

•      a clear clinical framework 

•      a “bibliotherapy prescription” you can use immediately 

•      prompts + scripts + tools 

•      real-world application steps 

•      a weekly practice plan for follow-through

INVITATION
If you’ve ever wished there was a way to help people change that was:

•      more human

•      more sustainable

•      more meaningful

•      and more powerful than “just coping”…

This is it.
Join us—and learn how to turn reading into transformation.

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

"The facilitator is very engaging and allows me to feel very welcomed and encourages my participation." - Donna, LMSW

"I have learned much at SWEET and the teaching style is unbelievable." - Nelson, LMSW

"I like the way the topic was well organized, detailed, and broken down throughout the presentation." - Tamar, LMFT