Your Clients Are Stuck. Here's Why
- And What to Do About it
Your Clients Are Stuck. Here's Why
- And What to Do About it
The PBT® Institute trains coaches, therapists, and practitioners to recognize and resolve the hidden block behind their clients' biggest struggles: unresolved betrayal. Even when clients have no idea that's what it is.
Based on…
The 5 Stages of Betrayal Recovery™
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You're a good coach. A skilled practitioner.
You know your methodology works — because you've seen it work.
So why do some clients stay stuck no matter what you do?
They follow the plan and still don't lose the weight. They know exactly what their business needs and still can't execute. They set the goals, do the work, and still can't move forward.
Before you change your program, consider this: when betrayal is sitting at the root — in their health, their business, their relationships, or their sense of self — no strategy, framework, or accountability system will work until that wound is addressed.
That's exactly what the PBT® Certification through:
The 5 Stages of Betrayal Recovery™
trains you to do.
This Certification Was Built for You.
Life Coaches
Your clients want to move forward — new chapter, bigger goals, better relationships — but something keeps pulling them back. That something is often betrayal they've never fully processed, even if it happened years ago. When you're certified in betrayal recovery, you stop circling the same patterns with your clients and start addressing what's actually keeping them stuck — so the life they're working toward finally becomes possible.
Business Coaches
Your client is smart, resourceful, and knows exactly what to do — and still can’t make themselves do it. Before you add another framework or accountability system, consider this: betrayal from a past partnership, relationship, or family wound can look exactly like resistance, self-sabotage, or a mindset block. When you're certified in betrayal recovery, you finally have the tools to unlock the clients who've been stuck despite doing everything right.
Health Coaches
Your clients are following the plan — and still not getting results. Before you change the program, consider what the program can't fix: Unresolved betrayal lives in the nervous system, drives cortisol, disrupts sleep, and keeps the body in survival mode long after the event itself. When you're certified in betrayal recovery, you stop guessing why your client is stuck and start addressing the root cause that's been blocking their results all along.
Therapists & Practitioners
You're already doing deep work with clients — and you can feel when something isn't moving the way it should. Betrayal has a specific pattern, a specific progression, and a specific way of lodging itself in the mind, body, and identity. The PBT® certification gives you a proven, research-backed framework to identify it, name it, and guide your clients through The 5 Stages of Betrayal Recovery™ — so your work goes deeper, and your results speak for themselves.
About Dr. Debi
Dr. Debi Silber didn't stumble into betrayal recovery. She lived it — and then spent years researching what it actually does to the human mind, body, and identity.
What she discovered changed everything: betrayal trauma isn't random. There are 5 predictable stages every person moves through after Betrayal (The 5 Stages of Betrayal Recovery™), and most people — and most practitioners — have no idea they exist.
That research became the PBT® methodology. Then a podcast. Then a movement. Her book Unstuck gives coaches and practitioners the framework to finally understand why their clients have been spinning their wheels — and what to do about it.
Today, the PBT® Institute has trained and certified coaches, therapists, and practitioners worldwide to use this methodology with their own clients — and transform their practices in the process.
After Certification, You'll Be the Practitioner
Who Gets Results Others Can't.
Spot What Others Miss
Identify betrayal even when clients don’t label it that way – and know exactly what to do
Use a Proven Framework
Guide clients through The 5 Stages of Betrayal Recovery™ with confidence, clarity and a clear methodology
Stand Apart in Your Field
Build a practice with a specialization that attracts committed clients and commands premium rates
What Certified PBT® Coaches Are Saying
About PBT® Certification and:
The 5 Stages of Betrayal Recovery™
"Debi’s teaching was thorough with excellent examples and handouts. I feel confident in moving forward to help others experience post-betrayal healing and transformation."
Bonnie
"The PBT Certification program was perfect for me. It allowed me to complete the training at my own pace and Debi was always available for support if needed. The PBT Certification gave me confidence to move forward in my coaching career as well as support many women who have experienced betrayal."
Peggy
"After 18 years of torment with anger, bitterness, resentment, hatred and chronic unforgiveness - I finally found that what I KNEW to be so, is true! And that is that Betrayal is different from anything I’ve ever encountered personally, or professionally as a 37-year counseling professional. Thanks for you work Debi, you’re truly a pioneer - a trailblazer even - and I’ll never be able to thank you enough for what you’ve accomplished in the lives of so many - including mine."
Steven
New from
Dr. Debi Silber
Your clients aren't stuck because they're not trying hard enough. They're stuck because something is lodged in their nervous system that no goal-setting exercise can reach.
Unstuck gives coaches and practitioners the research-backed framework to understand what betrayal really does — and how to finally help clients move through it.
Not Ready to Certify Yet?
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Watch Our Free Certification Masterclass!
In this free masterclass, Dr. Debi Silber shares 3 discoveries that will change the way you see your stuck clients forever — and give you a clear look at everything the PBT® certification covers.
You'll walk away understanding exactly what's been blocking your clients, why nothing else has worked, and what becomes possible when you have the right tools.
Ready to Become the Coach or Practitioner
Who Finally Gets Every Stuck Client Moving?
Join the coaches, therapists, and practitioners who've already transformed their practice — and their clients' lives — with the PBT® certification.
$2,497 — or 3 payments of $876
Open enrollment. Start when you're ready.
Ready to Become the Coach or Practitioner
Who Finally Gets Every Stuck Client Moving?
Join the coaches, therapists, and practitioners who've already transformed their practice — and their clients' lives — with the PBT® certification.
$2,497 — or 3 payments of $876
Open enrollment. Start when you're ready.
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