The BECOME Model: A practical, human framework for emotional wellness in schools, workplaces, and communities.
The BECOME Model is grounded in both lived experience and therapeutic insight. Designed to help schools, workplaces, and communities thrive, it integrates clinical principles that build emotional regulation, resilience, and meaningful connection. It serves as a bridge between wellness and the deeper healing work of therapy.
This is our professional development and organizational wellness framework for educators, teams, and leaders.
Wellness isn’t a luxury — it’s the foundation for how we learn, lead, and live together. The BECOME Model is our professional development framework for schools, workplaces, and communities. It helps educators, leaders, and teams uncover what’s really driving behavior, strengthen relationships built on empathy, and use practical tools to regulate, connect, and thrive.
When people feel seen and emotionally safe, they show up differently. Spaces become calmer, workplaces more connected, and communities more resilient. Wellness stops being an afterthought and becomes part of the culture — creating environments where both individuals and organizations can truly flourish.
The BECOME MODEL: A Journey That Meets You Where You Are
B — Breathe & Begin: Pause & listen; get a true picture of needs. These practices also mirror therapeutic grounding techniques that calm the nervous system.
E — Explore Strengths & Struggles: Celebrate what’s working; name what’s draining. This mirrors clinical work where we identify triggers, emotional patterns, and strengths that support healing.
C — Create Tools & Training: Hands-on strategies ready for Monday. Informed by therapy-based coping strategies, this stage equips people with skills they can use both in and out of session.
O — Ongoing Coaching: Practice, adapt, and make it stick. Consistent routines build emotional muscle memory, just like in therapy.
M — Mindful Integration: Weave regulation into daily routines. These reflective practices align with therapeutic approaches like mindfulness-based CBT and journaling for insight.
E — Empower Growth: Celebrate wins; reroute as needed. This step reflects the therapeutic goal of translating growth into daily life and relationships.
Our Services: Each workshop is shaped by both educational practice and therapeutic insight, ensuring that emotional regulation and relational skills are always at the center. Whether in schools, nonprofits, or businesses, our sessions translate wellness into practical routines that create lasting cultural change.
These workshops complement our clinical work; they are designed to build collective emotional capacity in organizations.
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Our workshops bring Becoming U to life—creative, compassionate, and rooted in emotional intelligence. Every session is an invitation to pause, reflect, and lead with empathy while equipping educators with practical tools they can use right away.
Restore & Teach: Calming Classroom Chaos – Quick strategies to de-escalate dysregulation without derailing instruction.
Tiny Hearts, Big Emotions – Playful, sensory-rich approaches to help young learners process and regulate big feelings.
Brains, Boundaries & Balance – Trauma-informed, neuroscience-backed tools to strengthen relationships and maintain healthy boundaries.
Ground, Grow, Guide: Mindfulness in Classrooms – Breathing practices, mindful transitions, and reset rituals for calmer, more connected classrooms.
Resilient Together (New!) – Simple rituals, peer support, and classroom routines that foster collective wellness and long-term resilience.
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Our trainings are practical, human, and immediately useful. We help teams reset, leaders connect, and organizations embed wellness into their culture so people can thrive at work and beyond.
Workshop Menu:
Calm in the Chaos: Stress & Burnout Reset – Recognize early stress signals, use micro-resets, and build resilience into daily routines.
Boundaries, Brains & Balance – Science-based strategies to set boundaries that protect focus, well-being, and team trust.
Mindfulness for Busy Professionals – Simple five-minute practices to restore clarity and presence during the workday.
Resilient Teams, Thriving Cultures – Design rituals, peer networks, and communication practices that strengthen psychological safety.
Leading with Emotional Intelligence – Tools for leaders to foster trust, empathy, and clarity—improving retention and team performance.
How It Works
Discover
Start with a free 20-minute discovery call. Together, we’ll explore what your community really needs and identify the right direction for your context. In addition to learning about your organizational needs, we also consider the emotional and relational dynamics at play — the same way a therapist would when creating a safe, supportive space.
Deliver
Each workshop or rollout is grounded in both developmental and clinical understanding — so the strategies land in real life.
Document
We’ll provide light outcomes and a clear roadmap for moving forward—helping you sustain impact and build trust among stakeholders.
Packages & Pricing Snapshot
Every school or organization is different, so we customize each partnership.
Outcomes
The BECOME Model creates lasting change that goes beyond a single training. Schools and organizations experience calmer classrooms, more connected workplaces, and stronger relationships across teams. Staff develop emotional literacy and communication skills that deepen empathy and collaboration. Stress and burnout decrease, while resilience, engagement, and overall well-being grow.
Most importantly, the practices don’t fade once the workshop ends — they become daily routines and rituals woven into the culture. The result is a community where people feel supported, self-aware, and equipped with tools that complement and reinforce therapeutic growth.
Curious what this could look like for your team?
Let’s start with a 20-minute discovery call to map your needs and shape a plan that fits.
DISCLAIMER: Jackie Sweeney, provides therapy services separately. The BECOME Model, workshops, and resources offered here are designed for educational and organizational wellness support. They are not a substitute for individual mental health care.
Contact us.
becominguwellness@gmail.com