When Clients Struggle with Relationships CPD Workshop
Relational Skills Series
Experienced Therapists | Newly Qualified Practitioners | Therapists in Training
Microsoft Teams, Online
Wednesday 20th May, 9:30am - 12:30pm
£40.53
Some clients come into therapy not with one clear starting point, but with a pattern… relationships that feel difficult, intense, or hard to sustain. They may react strongly in certain situations, feel misunderstood or disconnected, or notice the same dynamics repeating across different relationships. This workshop focuses on making sense of those patterns. It explores how past experiences, expectations, and vulnerabilities shape how clients respond to others, and how these ways of relating continue to play out in the present. The aim is to offer a structured and practical way of working with these patterns, helping therapists move beyond insight alone and support clients to make meaningful changes in how they relate to others.
KEY TOPICS:
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• Why Some Relational Patterns Are Hard to Spot: Exploring why certain patterns can be difficult to identify and work with in therapy, and the challenges both therapists and clients may face in recognising what’s actually going on
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• Finding a Clear Focus in the Work: Discussing how to reach a shared understanding with clients about what to focus on, especially when multiple issues and relationships feel important
• What Clients Bring Into the Room: Looking at common themes in how clients talk about their relationships, and how this can help highlight underlying patterns and areas of difficulty
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• Staying Structured Without Losing Flexibility: Understanding how to keep the work focused and purposeful, while still responding to what the client brings each session
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• Working with Patterns Across Sessions: Learning how to stay with a relational pattern over time, building depth and helping clients make sense of how it shows up across different relationships
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• Case Examples from Practice: Using real-life examples to show how this way of working can be applied in therapy, and how it supports meaningful change in relationships
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