Back on Track

Increase the effectiveness of treatment by identifying and resolving ruptures and breaks in the therapeutic relationship

If you’ve ever experienced a rupture in treatment, you’ll know how important developing and maintaining good therapeutic relationships is. What can you do when things go wrong?

In this practical and relevant workshop, you will learn how to identify and respond to ruptures and roadblocks in treatment. Increase your skills and confidence in dealing with issues in the therapeutic relationship and keeping your clients engaged in treatment.

Therapeutic impasses can not only be frustrating and difficult to resolve, but can also impact on the effectiveness of treatment. Roadblocks can be practitioner or client initiated, but nearly always require practitioner effort to repair. In this workshop, you will learn how to identify and resolve roadblocks to ensure treatment stays on track.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand the common client and practitioner behaviours that interfere with treatment
• Learn how to identify and resolve roadblocks in treatment
• Find out how to turn an impasse into a learning opportunity for you and your client

Who should attend:

This is a specialist skills workshop suitable for new, experienced and advanced practitioners. This workshop is suitable for workers in clinical settings.

Facilitator: Dr Richard Cash 

The training was very reflective; there was lots to think about. It was easy to engage with Richard and he made me realise the importance of good external supervision.

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