What to do when…
What to do when…
The bits you weren't taught on training
I am going to be running two interactive live workshops on some of the trickest parts of therapy that we all experience but are never taught how to manage.
There will be theory- what does the research say? what might be going on for the client? and what comes up you as the therapist?
BUT there will be scripts, phrases, prompts, examples and alternative responses you can take back into your sessions.
It is for therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists who are already working with clients and want to feel more confident, more intentional, and less alone in the work.
These workshops are shaped by my work as a clinical psychologist, my supervision, my own mistakes, psychological theory, and the 40 Mastering Therapy podcast episodes from clinicians around the world.
These aren't passive webinars. There will be opportunities for questions, discussion and to observe parts of a real life therapy session with an actor.
Spaces are limited so people can genuinely participate rather than simply watch.
The aim of these is simple: to help you stop defaulting to what you have always done, and start feeling more like yourself with clients.
The bits you weren't taught on training
I am going to be running two interactive live workshops on some of the trickest parts of therapy that we all experience but are never taught how to manage.
There will be theory- what does the research say? what might be going on for the client? and what comes up you as the therapist?
BUT there will be scripts, phrases, prompts, examples and alternative responses you can take back into your sessions.
It is for therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists who are already working with clients and want to feel more confident, more intentional, and less alone in the work.
These workshops are shaped by my work as a clinical psychologist, my supervision, my own mistakes, psychological theory, and the 40 Mastering Therapy podcast episodes from clinicians around the world.
These aren't passive webinars. There will be opportunities for questions, discussion and to observe parts of a real life therapy session with an actor.
Spaces are limited so people can genuinely participate rather than simply watch.
The aim of these is simple: to help you stop defaulting to what you have always done, and start feeling more like yourself with clients.
The TOPICS:
1) When it all feels stuck
For the sessions that feel circular, vague, polite or frustrating, where the client is talking but the work does not feel like it is really moving. We’ll look at what stuckness might be protecting, how to bring it into the room, and how to respond without pushing harder or becoming over-responsible.
Tuesday June 23rd 8pm (UK time)
2) When your client feels hard to reach
For the moments where a client goes quiet, shuts down, dissociates, disappears into their head, or keeps saying “I don’t know.” We’ll explore what might be happening underneath, including uncertainty, shame, protection, autonomy and dissociation, and how to respond without forcing, rescuing or closing the work down.
Thursday July 16th 8pm (UK time)
One workshop: £59
Both workshops: £99
Both sessions are 90 minutes & can be accessed via replays if you can't catch them live.
The TOPICS:
1) When it all feels stuck
For the sessions that feel circular, vague, polite or frustrating, where the client is talking but the work does not feel like it is really moving. We’ll look at what stuckness might be protecting, how to bring it into the room, and how to respond without pushing harder or becoming over-responsible.
Tuesday June 23rd 8pm (UK time)
2) When your client feels hard to reach
For the moments where a client goes quiet, shuts down, dissociates, disappears into their head, or keeps saying “I don’t know.” We’ll explore what might be happening underneath, including uncertainty, shame, protection, autonomy and dissociation, and how to respond without forcing, rescuing or closing the work down.
Thursday July 16th 8pm (UK time)
One workshop: £59
Both workshops: £99
Both sessions are 90 minutes & can be accessed via replays if you can't catch them live.
Tell me more…
Tell me more…
What's included in the workshops?
What's included in the workshops?
Practical teaching on real therapy-room moments, with scripts, phrases, prompts and alternative responses you can actually use in your sessions
Actual demonstrations of the work in practice so you can see the work in action, not just hear the theory.
Q&A so you can bring your own “what would you do here?” moments.
A guide with each workshop, so you do not have to scribble everything down and can return to the material afterwards.
Opportunities to watch therapy in action and observe whats taught in practice.
Space to hear from other therapists, ask questions, compare notes and realise you are not the only one thinking about these things.
We’ll draw on ideas from attachment, dissociation, parts work, shame, the threat system, autonomy and relational safety but always brought back to the what do I actually do with this
This is not a passive CPD session. If you are in the workshop, you are in it.
Practical teaching on real therapy-room moments, with scripts, phrases, prompts and alternative responses you can actually use in your sessions
Actual demonstrations of the work in practice so you can see the work in action, not just hear the theory.
Q&A so you can bring your own “what would you do here?” moments.
A guide with each workshop, so you do not have to scribble everything down and can return to the material afterwards.
Opportunities to watch therapy in action and observe whats taught in practice.
Space to hear from other therapists, ask questions, compare notes and realise you are not the only one thinking about these things.
We’ll draw on ideas from attachment, dissociation, parts work, shame, the threat system, autonomy and relational safety but always brought back to the what do I actually do with this
This is not a passive CPD session. If you are in the workshop, you are in it.
So what?
So what?
Why did I build it?
Why did I build it?
I know what it feels like to have done tons of training, know various models but still have moments in therapy sessions thinking “What do I actually do here?”
You might have supervision once a month, but you are seeing clients every week. You might be saving posts, listening to podcasts, reading around your clients, or even asking AI for ideas.
These workshops will give you the bits underneath the models you've invested in, scripts, ideas, alternatives, examples and ways of thinking that help you feel more confident with clients.
I know what it feels like to have done tons of training, know various models but still have moments in therapy sessions thinking “What do I actually do here?”
You might have supervision once a month, but you are seeing clients every week. You might be saving posts, listening to podcasts, reading around your clients, or even asking AI for ideas.
These workshops will give you the bits underneath the models you've invested in, scripts, ideas, alternatives, examples and ways of thinking that help you feel more confident with clients.
So what?
Why did I build it?
I know what it feels like to have done tons of training, know various models but still have moments in therapy sessions thinking “What do I actually do here?”
You might have supervision once a month, but you are seeing clients every week. You might be saving posts, listening to podcasts, reading around your clients, or even asking AI for ideas.
These workshops will give you the bits underneath the models you've invested in, scripts, ideas, alternatives, examples and ways of thinking that help you feel more confident with clients.
What you’ll get from the "hard to reach clients" workshop
1. Understand what “I don’t know” might actually mean
You’ll get clearer on the different things that might be happening when a client feels distant, vague, shut down, overly intellectual, compliant, or repeatedly says, “I don’t know.”
We’ll look at how this might be uncertainty, shame, protection, passivity, dissociation, a lack of autonomy, or the client not yet having words for what they are experiencing.
2. Know how to respond without forcing or rescuing
We’ll look at the things therapists often panic-do when a client feels hard to reach: asking more questions, rephrasing the question ten different ways, offering too many options, filling the silence, or trying to pull the client into the work before they are ready.
You’ll learn how to be yourself in those moments without becoming controlling, over-functioning, or rescuing the client from the discomfort too quickly.
3. Recognise when the client’s response might be something more
You’ll learn to notice when a client may not be present enough to do the kind of work you are asking them to do, and how to think about safety, pace, autonomy and contact before reaching for another question or tool.
This is about being able to pause and think clinically about what is happening in the room.
4. Leave with language you can actually use
You’ll come away with scripts, prompts, questions that you can adapt into your own voice.
You’ll also get a 15-page workbook, practical examples, live discussion, and the chance to watch a therapist working with this kind of moment in practice with an actor.
What you’ll get from the "Stuckness" workshop
1. Understand what stuckness might actually be telling you
We’ll look at stuckness as clinical information, rather than as a sign you are failing. What is it protecting? What might you be missing? What's getting in the way?
This is about having more options, so you are not just defaulting to what you have always done.
2. Know how to respond without pushing harder or becoming over-responsible
When therapy feels stuck, it is very easy to swing between two places.
You either keep following every thread, hoping the session will find its way, or you become more active, more agenda-driven, and more responsible for making something happen.
In this workshop, we’ll look at the middle ground.
3. Use your own reaction as part of the formulation
Stuckness does not only happen in the client.
It happens between you.
When a client is not changing, it is normal to feel frustrated, helpless, bored, urgent, overly responsible, or like you are not doing enough.
In the workshop, we’ll look at how to use those reactions thoughtfully rather than acting from them.
Leave with practical ways to bring movement back into the work
We’ll look at how to:
Pause and refocus the session
Move from content to process
Ask for feedback without making it a huge event
You’ll also get a 15-page workbook, clinical examples, live discussion, and the chance to observe a therapist working with these moments in practice with an actor.
What you’ll get from the "hard to reach clients" workshop
1. Understand what “I don’t know” might actually mean
You’ll get clearer on the different things that might be happening when a client feels distant, vague, shut down, overly intellectual, compliant, or repeatedly says, “I don’t know.”
We’ll look at how this might be uncertainty, shame, protection, passivity, dissociation, a lack of autonomy, or the client not yet having words for what they are experiencing.
2. Know how to respond without forcing or rescuing
We’ll look at the things therapists often panic-do when a client feels hard to reach: asking more questions, rephrasing the question ten different ways, offering too many options, filling the silence, or trying to pull the client into the work before they are ready.
You’ll learn how to be yourself in those moments without becoming controlling, over-functioning, or rescuing the client from the discomfort too quickly.
3. Recognise when the client’s response might be something more
You’ll learn to notice when a client may not be present enough to do the kind of work you are asking them to do, and how to think about safety, pace, autonomy and contact before reaching for another question or tool.
This is about being able to pause and think clinically about what is happening in the room.
4. Leave with language you can actually use
You’ll come away with scripts, prompts, questions that you can adapt into your own voice.
You’ll also get a 15-page workbook, practical examples, live discussion, and the chance to watch a therapist working with this kind of moment in practice with an actor.
What you’ll get from the "Stuckness" workshop
1. Understand what stuckness might actually be telling you
We’ll look at stuckness as clinical information, rather than as a sign you are failing. What is it protecting? What might you be missing? What's getting in the way?
This is about having more options, so you are not just defaulting to what you have always done.
2. Know how to respond without pushing harder or becoming over-responsible
When therapy feels stuck, it is very easy to swing between two places.
You either keep following every thread, hoping the session will find its way, or you become more active, more agenda-driven, and more responsible for making something happen.
In this workshop, we’ll look at the middle ground.
3. Use your own reaction as part of the formulation
Stuckness does not only happen in the client.
It happens between you.
When a client is not changing, it is normal to feel frustrated, helpless, bored, urgent, overly responsible, or like you are not doing enough.
In the workshop, we’ll look at how to use those reactions thoughtfully rather than acting from them.
Leave with practical ways to bring movement back into the work
We’ll look at how to:
Pause and refocus the session
Move from content to process
Ask for feedback without making it a huge event
You’ll also get a 15-page workbook, clinical examples, live discussion, and the chance to observe a therapist working with these moments in practice with an actor.
So what?
So what?
ARE THESE WORSHOPS RIGHT FOR ME?
ARE THESE WORSHOPS RIGHT FOR ME?
These workshops are for therapists, psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists delivering one-to-one client work.
They are especially for you if you are in private practice, or moving into private practice, and noticing how isolating the work can feel.
You may already have clients. You may not be newly qualified. But you still have moments where you wonder whether everyone else feels more confident than you do.
This is not about learning another model.
It is about the bit underneath the model: how you actually are with people in the room.
It is for therapists who want more confidence, more practical options, more community, and a clearer sense of their own style.
It is also for thoughtful early-career therapists who want to set themselves up well from the beginning.
It is not for people who want a passive webinar they can half-watch in the background.
The focus is therapy. We’ll draw on ideas psychology and psychotherapy brought back to the what do I actually do with this-including therapeutic power dynamics, countertransference and the realities of sitting with people week after week.
This is for therapists who want to show up, think, practice and leave with something they can actually use.
These workshops are for therapists, psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists delivering one-to-one client work.
They are especially for you if you are in private practice, or moving into private practice, and noticing how isolating the work can feel.
You may already have clients. You may not be newly qualified. But you still have moments where you wonder whether everyone else feels more confident than you do.
This is not about learning another model.
It is about the bit underneath the model: how you actually are with people in the room.
It is for therapists who want more confidence, more practical options, more community, and a clearer sense of their own style.
It is also for thoughtful early-career therapists who want to set themselves up well from the beginning.
It is not for people who want a passive webinar they can half-watch in the background.
The focus is therapy. We’ll draw on ideas psychology and psychotherapy brought back to the what do I actually do with this-including therapeutic power dynamics, countertransference and the realities of sitting with people week after week.
This is for therapists who want to show up, think, practice and leave with something they can actually use.
what's the cost?
what's the cost?
Pricing
Pricing
One workshop: £59
Both workshops: £99
Workshop 1: When therapy just feels stuck
Tuesday 23rd June, 8pm UK time
Workshop 2: When your client feels hard to reach
Thursday 16th July, 8pm UK time
Both webinars are 90 minutes long with replay available until the end of August. You’ll also receive a practical workbook with all the key notes, prompts and takeaways so you can revisit the material afterwards.
One workshop: £59
Both workshops: £99
Workshop 1: When therapy just feels stuck
Tuesday 23rd June, 8pm UK time
Workshop 2: When your client feels hard to reach
Thursday 16th July, 8pm UK time
Both webinars are 90 minutes long with replay available until the end of August. You’ll also receive a practical workbook with all the key notes, prompts and takeaways so you can revisit the material afterwards.
what's the cost?
Pricing
One workshop: £59
Both workshops: £99
Workshop 1: When therapy just feels stuck
Tuesday 23rd June, 8pm UK time
Workshop 2: When your client feels hard to reach
Thursday 16th July, 8pm UK time
Both webinars are 90 minutes long with replay available until the end of August. You’ll also receive a practical workbook with all the key notes, prompts and takeaways so you can revisit the material afterwards.
2026 © Mastering Therapy
2026 © Mastering Therapy
2026 © Mastering Therapy
2026 © Mastering Therapy