What This Is Not

The Holding Space Blueprint is not a trend, aesthetic, or downloadable toolkit.

It is a trauma-informed framework built from lived experience, emotional fluency, and systemic refusal.

This work cannot be replicated without lived experience.

It is not a template for mimicry.

It is not a shortcut to empathy.

It is not a performance of care.

To engage with this framework is to honour rupture, metabolize contradiction, and hold others with fidelity.

Any attempt to adopt, adapt, or repackage this work without alignment to its core values risks causing harm—and misrepresents the very ethos it was built to protect.

Legal & Ethical Notice

The Holding Space Blueprint is a trademarked, trauma-informed framework built from lived experience.

Unauthorized use, replication, or adaptation of its modules, language, or ethos—especially in ways that bypass trauma-informed principles—may result in reputational harm and legal action.

This is not gatekeeping. This is safeguarding.

Protecting the integrity of this work protects the people it’s designed to hold.

Licensing Intent Statement

Use of The Holding Space Blueprint framework—its modules, glyphs, language, or structure—requires explicit permission and alignment with trauma-informed values.

Only those trained, licensed, or directly mentored through this system may use its components in professional or public-facing work.

This ensures emotional fidelity, protects those being held, and honours the legacy from which this framework was born.

The Holding Space Blueprint Accreditation Badge — Usage Guidelines

What It Represents

The The Holding Space Blueprint Accreditation Badge is a visual glyph of trauma-informed alignment. It signifies that a business has engaged with The Holding Space Blueprint’s core modules and honours its emotional architecture, consent rituals, and blueprint fidelity.

Who Can Display It

✔ Businesses who have purchased access to the full Core Module Toolkit

✔ Practitioners who honour hosting boundaries and do not claim facilitator status without licensing

✔ Organizations who integrate the blueprint with emotional clarity and non-performative visibility

Where It Can Be Displayed

• On websites, onboarding flows, or hosting pages

• In internal documentation or staff training portals

• In email footers or digital materials related to trauma-informed practice

Usage Requirements

• Must include alt text: “The Holding Space Blueprint Accredited — Trauma-Informed Blueprint Alignment”

• Must link to this page or the License Agreement Scroll

• Must not be used to imply facilitator certification unless explicitly licensed

Hosting Rights Reminder

Displaying the badge does not grant permission to host toolkit sessions with clients or communities. Hosting requires facilitator licensing, completion of legacy modules and core modules, and a fidelity audit ritual.

Renewal Ritual

Badge holders may be invited to reaffirm alignment annually through a reflection prompt or hosting audit.

Facilitator Licensing — Hosting as Mantle, Not Performance

What Facilitator Licensing Represents

Facilitator licensing is not a certificate—it’s a commitment.

It affirms that you’ve engaged with The Holding Space Blueprint at a depth that honours rupture, pacing, and emotional fidelity.

Licensed facilitators are entrusted to host toolkit sessions with clients, communities, or businesses using the framework.

Who Is This For

✔ Practitioners who wish to host sessions using the THSB Toolkit

✔ Therapists, coaches, consultants, or those supporting communities through trauma-informed systems, hosting, or relational scaffolding

✔ Those committed to blueprint fidelity, not aesthetic mimicry

Licensing Requirements

To become a licensed facilitator, you must complete:

1. Core Modules

– Includes foundational infrastructure, consent architecture, and emotional clarity

2. Legacy Modules

– Deepens hosting rituals, visibility ethics, and fidelity audits

3. Fidelity Audit Ritual

– A reflective process to affirm alignment, refusal boundaries, and hosting readiness

4. Hosting Rituals Agreement

– A short scroll affirming your commitment to pacing, consent, and blueprint integrity

What Licensing Grants

Licensed facilitators may:

• Host toolkit sessions with clients, communities, or businesses

• Use the The Holding Space Blueprint Accreditation Badge with “Facilitator Licensed” alt text

• Reference The Holding Space Blueprint in public offerings

• Access facilitator-only resources, templates, and hosting guides

What Licensing Does Not Grant

• Permission to resell or repackage the toolkit

• Authority to train other facilitators (unless explicitly invited)

• Use of the framework outside agreed fidelity terms

Renewal Ritual

Facilitator licenses are renewed annually through a reflection prompt or fidelity audit.

How to Apply

Licensing is by invitation or application.

You may express interest via the contact form or email with the subject line: Facilitator Licensing Inquiry.

Please include a short reflection on why hosting matters to you, and how you’ve engaged with the blueprint so far.

The Holding Space Blueprint — License Agreement Scroll

What This License Affirms

This license affirms your alignment with The Holding Space Blueprint.

It grants permission to integrate the framework within your business systems, staff training, and internal infrastructure—provided emotional fidelity is honoured.

What This License Does Not Grant

This license does not grant permission to host toolkit sessions with clients, communities, or external groups.

Hosting requires facilitator licensing, completion of both core and legacy modules, and a fidelity audit ritual

Eligibility for Licensing

To be considered licensed under The Holding Space Blueprint, you must:

• Purchase access to the full Core Module Toolkit

• Honour hosting boundaries and consent architecture

• Display the The Holding Space Blueprint Accreditation Badge according to usage guidelines

• Refrain from claiming facilitator status unless explicitly licensed

Facilitator Licensing (Separate Tier)

Facilitator licensing is available to those who:

• Complete both Core and Legacy Modules

• Pass a Fidelity Audit Ritual

• Agree to Hosting Rituals and Consent Infrastructure

• Commit to annual renewal or reflection rituals

License Use Permissions

Licensed businesses may:

• Integrate modules into internal systems

• Display the Accreditation Badge

• Reference The Holding Space Blueprint in staff training and onboarding

• Use written, visual, or symbolic elements of the framework with attribution

License Restrictions

License holders may not:

• Sell, resell, or repackage the toolkit

• Host sessions externally without facilitator licensing

• Alter modules in ways that dilute trauma-informed fidelity

• Use the badge to imply certification beyond granted scope

Renewal & Reflection

Licenses may be reaffirmed annually through a reflection prompt, hosting audit, or fidelity check-in.

This is not a test—it’s a timestamp of continued alignment.

Hosting Commitments

✔ Honour the pacing of each module, refusing urgency or aesthetic mimicry

✔ Uphold consent architecture in every session, including opt-out rituals and emotional scaffolding

✔ Protect visibility without surveillance—no forced sharing, no performative vulnerability

✔ Use the toolkit as authored, without dilution, repackaging, or unauthorized edits

✔ Hold space for rupture, contradiction, and neurodivergent processing

✔ Refrain from hosting sessions unless licensed and emotionally ready

✔ Engage in annual reflection or fidelity renewal if hosting continues

Accreditation Clause:

Facilitator accreditation is granted upon completion of all Core Modules and the full set of Legacy Modules available at the time of application. Once these modules are complete, there is no obligation to complete additional Legacy Modules released in the future unless explicitly required for new hosting tiers. Businesses may retain their accreditation badge and hosting rights as long as they uphold blueprint fidelity and Hosting Rituals Agreement Scroll terms.

Hosting Is a Mantle

Hosting is not granted by payment—it is earned through alignment.

Facilitators are invited to host only after completing core and legacy modules, passing a fidelity audit, and affirming this scroll.

What Is a Fidelity Audit?

A fidelity audit is a reflective ritual—not a test.

It’s a co-authored process that ensures your hosting practices align with the emotional architecture of The Holding Space Blueprint.

It may include:

• A short written reflection on how you’ve integrated the modules

• Examples of how you’ve honoured consent, pacing, and refusal in your work

• A brief conversation or written exchange to confirm blueprint alignment

• Optional feedback or ritual prompts from Sam to deepen clarity

This audit protects both your hosting integrity and the legacy of the framework. It’s not about perfection—it’s about presence.

What Does It Mean to Affirm This Scroll?

✔ Understand and agree to the hosting commitments listed above

✔ Honour the emotional tone and ethical boundaries of the framework

✔ Treat hosting as a mantle—not a performance or aesthetic

✔ Are ready to hold space with clarity, consent, and blueprint fidelity

Affirmation may be expressed through a checkbox, a written reflection, or a ritual prompt—whatever feels most aligned.

What This Agreement Protects

• The emotional integrity of your clients and communities

• The legacy of The Holding Space Blueprint

• Your own hosting boundaries and refusal rights

• The difference between trauma-informed care and trauma-performative branding

Core-aligned. Blueprint faithful. Hosting with clarity, not spectacle.

This accreditation badge signifies that the business has completed all Core Modules of The Holding Space Blueprint Toolkit.

It reflects foundational alignment with trauma-informed principles and blueprint fidelity.

While this badge does not authorize facilitation or transmission of toolkit resources, it honours clarity, completion, and ethical hosting.

Legacy ignited. Transmission permitted. Hosting with authored depth.

This accreditation badge signifies full accreditation by The Holding Space Blueprint.

The business has completed both Core and Legacy Modules and is licensed to facilitate toolkit sessions, transmit modules, and host blueprint-aligned offerings.

This includes permission to co-author Holding Space Blueprint resources under the Hosting Rituals Agreement Scroll.