He's not working back to front. Sounds to me like you need to work with your trainer on getting your horse to accept the aids, work from his hind end through his back into the bridle. A headset without engagement will just lead to false framing and the horse can easily disconnect at the shoulder and "pop out" a shoulder and drift in the opposite direction you are asking him to move. That tells me that the horse is not moving properly engaged from his hind end.