Working With Clients Who Please + Appease
Working with People-Pleasing: A Workshop for Therapists
Support your clients in breaking free from chronic self-abandonment and over-functioning
People-pleasing often shows up in subtle but powerful ways in the therapy room. Clients may present as agreeable, accommodating, and externally “high-functioning”—but underneath, they’re often struggling with anxiety, resentment, shame, and a low sense of self.
This course is designed for therapists who want to understand the deeper patterns driving people-pleasing and learn how to support clients in moving toward greater authenticity, self-trust, and boundary clarity.
What the Course Covers:
Understanding the Roots of People-Pleasing
Recognising How Please and Appease Shows Up Clinically
Authenticity Work That’s Trauma-Informed
Integrative Interventions
Blend Somatic, Schema and Cognitive Approaches to support lasting change.
Many actionable tools to add to your toolkit to use with Clients
Course Format:
1 hour webinar (please note this is a record of a live workshop)
Downloadable workbook to keep (over 30 pages of psycho education, reflection and skills)
This Course Is For You If:
This course is suited for mental health professionals including psychologists, therapists, counsellors and social workers who want to:
- Go deeper in their work with clients who struggle to connect to their authenticity, say no or advocate for themselves.
- Develop language, presence, and tools that support meaningful change.
- Feel more confident addressing people-pleasing in both subtle and overt forms.
