What will this training give you?
• Clear understanding of over-care and self-neglect patterns
• Practical ways to reduce guilt-based resistance
• Confidence working with self-sacrificing clients
• Skills to validate care without reinforcing self-neglect
• Tools to reframe self-care as sustaining care
• A framework to differentiate healthy compassion from overextension
Learning Objectives:
• Identify unmitigated communion as a coping strategy
• Recognise key behavioural and relational indicators of over-care and boundary erosion
• Assess how guilt, attachment, and fear of rejection influence client behaviour
• Apply values-aligned communication to reduce resistance and increase engagement
• Demonstrate boundary-supportive and guilt-sensitive language in-session
• Integrate sustainability-focused approaches into clinical practice
Assessment/Evidence of Learning
Learning is evidenced through active participation in guided reflection activities, clinical discussion, and practical exercises during this live workshop.
Participants demonstrate learning through:
• Identification of coping patterns in vignette material
• Appropriate formulation of over-care and self-neglect dynamics
• Use of values-aligned, guilt-sensitive language in role-play
• Demonstration of boundary-supportive communication skills
Presenter:
Karen Bartle is a postgraduate in Health Psychology, Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, clinical supervisor, co-founder of the Academy of Advanced Changework, founder of HealthTalk Psychology, and co-author of The Advanced Hypnotherapist.
With 25+ years’ experience, Karen supports practitioners working with complex behavioural and relational patterns. She is known for translating psychological depth into practical, usable clinical skills.
Disclaimer:
The content of this endorsed CPD course is provided by the external course provider. Attendees are encouraged to approach the material with an open mind and consider diverse perspectives, particularly those from lived experiences related to the topics discussed. For feedback regarding the course, please contact the course provider directly.