A 2-Hour Advanced Clinical Skills Seminar (Science-Based + Practice-Ready)

When people are overwhelmed, ashamed, scared, or emotionally flooded, they often don’t communicate directly.

They project.

They assign meaning, intent, judgment, rejection, or threat to the clinician—sometimes instantly. And if we respond to projection as “attitude” or “disrespect,” we miss the moment. But if we respond to projection as nervous system communication, we turn escalation into alliance, and reactivity into healing.

This training will teach you exactly how.

Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Time: 12-2pm (EST)

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.

What You’ll Learn

•      Identify projection in real time (before it escalates)

•      Respond without taking it personally or becoming defensive

•      Use validation + structure + boundaries to preserve the therapeutic alliance

•      Turn accusations into insight using repair-based communication

•      Apply the SWEET Four Layers of Transformation: Conscious → Preconscious → Unconscious → Existential

•      Use the Body–Mind–Meaning framework to understand what projection is really signaling

This Training Is For

•      Social Workers • Therapists • Psychologists • Counselors • Case Managers

•      Psychiatrists • Nurse Practitioners • Supervisors • Program Leaders

•      All clinicians working with high-acuity, high-stress, trauma-impacted populations

Why This Matters

•      Projection is not “bad behavior.”

•      Projection is often a survival strategy—a defense against fear, shame, helplessness, abandonment, intimacy, and loss of control.

•      When clinicians know how to respond skillfully, projection becomes a doorway into safety, trust, corrective emotional experience, and real change.

Training Format

•      2 Hours | Live Seminar

•      Science-based + clinically grounded

•      Skills, scripts, and real-world case examples

•      Immediately applicable to sessions, teams, and crisis moments

Key Takeaway

•      You don’t treat projection by correcting the client.

•      You treat projection by regulating the moment, restoring trust, and addressing the unmet need underneath.

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

"What worked and continues to work for me is the integration of the course content and the materials, as well as the consistency from course to course." - Anne-Elizabeth, LCSW-R

"Karen's relaxed, welcoming, and fun manner is always a positive aspect of her workshops." - Mary, LCSW-R

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