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In psychotherapy, it is easy to become absorbed in the content of what clients are saying—their stories, symptoms, and histories. Yet much of what drives therapeutic change unfolds not in the content, but in the moment-to-moment interpersonal process between therapist and client.

Drawing on the interpersonal process model, this webinar will focus on how clinicians can track what is happening in real time within the therapeutic relationship. Participants will learn how clients communicate their core relational patterns not only through what they say, but through how they relate, avoid, test, and engage within the session itself.

The webinar will explore how to recognise subtle shifts in affect, language, pace, and engagement; how to identify emerging relational patterns as they unfold; and how to use process comments and immediacy to bring these patterns into awareness. Particular attention will be given to managing therapist anxiety, maintaining a participant–observer stance, and translating moment-to-moment observations into meaningful clinical interventions.

This session will examine how clinicians can move beyond content and cultivate an awareness of listening at multiple levels simultaneously—an essential aspect of depth-oriented psychotherapy.