CBT and attachment-based strategies for challenging psychotherapy cases: Navigating puzzling and complex clinical scenarios

Strengthen your clinical practice with practical, research-informed CBT and attachment-based strategies for navigating challenging psychotherapy cases, including relational distress, therapeutic impasses and client self-diagnosis.

Even experienced clinicians encounter situations that challenge therapeutic progress. Clients may feel stuck, seek direct advice, bring misinformation or self-diagnoses into therapy, or experience distress involving someone outside the therapy room.

In this interactive webinar, Rana Pishva, PhD, C.Psych., explores how cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and attachment-based interventions can inform clinical decision-making when navigating challenging and complex psychotherapy scenarios.

Through lectures, case studies, facilitated discussion and group exercises, participants will examine research-informed approaches to common therapeutic challenges, including client ambivalence, relational dynamics, therapeutic ruptures and barriers to progress. When time permits, participants may also bring forward their own challenging clinical situations for discussion.

“This targeted training is for clinicians seeking practical, research-informed strategies to navigate common complex situations in psychotherapy.” – Dr. Rana Pishva

Key topics covered:

• Responding to pop psychology, social media misinformation and client misconceptions
• Working with the “person not in the room” when client distress involves a third party
• Navigating requests for therapist advice or personal opinions
• Addressing clients who feel stuck or experience ambivalence, avoidance and stagnation
• Managing ruptures and fostering repair in the therapeutic relationship
• Working with client self-diagnosis

Learning objectives:

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Implement strategies to overcome barriers to therapeutic progress.
• Enhance skills in case conceptualization by effectively integrating cognitive behavioural and attachment-based theories.
• Recognize and manage ruptures in the therapeutic relationship.
• Effectively use practical strategies for working with relational issues when the client’s distress involves a third party.
• Develop advanced listening skills by learning to notice and interpret discursive markers in client speech.

Complex clinical situations don’t always have straightforward answers. Strengthen your clinical insight and expand your therapeutic toolkit with research-informed CBT and attachment-based strategies for navigating challenging psychotherapy cases. Register now to build greater confidence in addressing therapeutic impasses, relational challenges and barriers to progress.

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