2-hour workshop + workbook

When Your Client Feels Hard to Reach

For psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors

£50one-off payment

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What attendees said

Feedback from therapists who attended

Reflections from clinicians who took part in the workshop.

“This workshop has given me a lot to think about, particularly in terms of giving clients more space, using silence and grounding exercises.”

Workshop attendee

“I have more confidence in my abilities and understand the normality of the situation, so I don’t need to rush and rescue.”

Workshop attendee

“I found the ideas around Apparently Normal Parts and Emotional Parts very helpful as a way of framing what I’ve experienced but not had language to describe. The workbook is excellent and very comprehensive.”

Workshop attendee

“Slow down and name what is happening if the relationship is safe enough, rather than getting caught up in or colluding with the pattern that prevents the work from deepening.”

Workshop attendee

When connection feels difficult

You are trying to reach the client. The more you try, the further away they can feel.

Some clients can feel distant, guarded, shut down or difficult to read. You may notice yourself working harder, filling the silence or feeling responsible for creating connection. This workshop helps you slow the process down, understand what may be protecting the client and respond with more choice.

Watch before you decide

A short introduction to the workshop

What is included

Practical support you can return to

Everything is designed to help you translate psychological ideas into real therapeutic choices.

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The full 2-hour video workshop

Watch in your own time and revisit whenever you need it.

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A downloadable workbook

Use the reflections and prompts alongside the teaching.

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Practical prompts for sessions

Ideas to help you respond with more clarity, honesty and focus.

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Lifetime access

Return to the material through your private learning library.

What is different

It is not about pushing harder for connection.

The aim is to help you make sense of distance and limited engagement, including what it stirs up in you as the therapist.

Distance is treated as informationExplore what guardedness, silence or disconnection may be communicating, rather than treating it as resistance or failure.

Slow down before you rescueNotice the urge to fill silence, work harder or become overly responsible, and use that reaction as information.

Protective responses make senseUse ideas about parts, protection, attachment and emotional safety to understand why reaching the client may feel difficult.

The relationship remains centralUse practical responses that respect the client’s pace while keeping the therapeutic relationship active and honest.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the workshop, you will be better able to:

Recognise disconnection

Identify common signs of distance, shutdown and guardedness and consider what may be maintaining them.

Formulate what is happening

Consider what the client’s distance may be communicating within the relationship and wider system.

Notice the urge to rescue

Use your own reactions thoughtfully without filling every silence or becoming overly responsible.

Respond with more choice

Choose practical next steps that support safety, connection and honest therapeutic work without rushing the client.

Ready when you are

Feel more grounded when a client feels hard to reach

Get the full workshop, workbook, practical prompts and lifetime access for a one-off payment of £50.

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