Beyond the Impasse: DBT Perspective: Working with Clients Who Are Difficult to Engage
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A one and a half day professional workshop with Dr Christine Dunkley. Learn to understand what may be happening when therapy becomes stuck, why engagement can become difficult, and what professionals can do when familiar approaches no longer seem to move the work forward.
Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2026 · Kunvent San Guzepp, Żebbuġ
€95 Day One · €80 Day Two · €160 Both Days. Limited to 70 seats per day. Workshop bookings are non-refundable.
Limited to 70 seats per day
Description
About This Workshop
Therapy can sometimes reach a point where progress slows, sessions become repetitive, or engagement becomes difficult.
Beyond the Impasse: DBT Perspective: Working with Clients Who Are Difficult to Engage explores therapeutic impasse through a DBT lens, including therapy interfering behaviours, behavioural chain analysis and the patterns that may keep therapy stuck.
Led by Dr Christine Dunkley, the workshop places clear emphasis on the DBT modality and how DBT can help professionals understand and respond when engagement becomes difficult or therapy stops moving forward.
Event Details
- Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2026
- Training: Friday 09:00 to 16:00 · Saturday 09:00 to 13:00, with registration and networking breakfast from 08:30 on both days
- Kunvent San Guzepp, VCCV+77V, Żebbuġ, with parking near Ta’ Għaqba and a shuttle service to the venue
- €95 Day One · €80 Day Two · €160 Both Days
- Limited to 70 seats per day
- 8 hours 45 minutes of CPD for the full workshop, plus a Certificate of Attendance
- Friday includes registration breakfast, morning coffee break and lunch. Saturday includes registration breakfast and morning coffee break.
- Organised by Willingness
Programme
Day One, Friday 27 November: Session 1 from 09:00 to 11:00, Session 2 from 11:30 to 13:30 and Session 3 from 14:15 to 15:45, with a morning coffee break and lunch, then closing and certificate distribution until 16:00.
Day Two, Saturday 28 November: Session 4 from 09:00 to 11:00 and Session 5 from 11:30 to 12:45, with a morning coffee break, then workshop closing and certificate distribution until 13:00.
The full timetable is on the workshop page.
Who Should Attend
Professionals who work therapeutically with clients and who may encounter moments where engagement becomes difficult, progress slows, or the therapeutic process becomes stuck: counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, mental health professionals, family therapists, professionals working within therapeutic and behaviour change settings, and postgraduate trainees in relevant helping professions.
Facilitator
Dr Christine Dunkley has been a pivotal member of the British Isles DBT Training team since 2006, where she serves as a consultant trainer and Director of Applied Research and Training. A co-founder and the first chair of the Society for DBT of the UK and Ireland, she now serves as a Vice President of the Society. She has taught over 50 DBT intensives and hundreds of workshops across Europe, New Zealand, America and Scandinavia, and is the author of Regulating Emotion the DBT Way (Routledge 2020).
How Booking Works
- Choose Day One, Day Two or Both Days and the number of seats, then enter each attendee’s full name and email address.
- Pay securely online. Your seat is confirmed once payment is complete, and you will receive a booking confirmation by email.
Please note: workshop bookings are non-refundable. Discounted bookings for selected professional associations and organisations are handled directly through Matthew.
Booking enquiries: call +356 7929 1817 or email [email protected].
