Description: This workshop is on Relational Life Therapy (RLT), a model designed to help clients move beyond shame and grandiosity to build healthier relationships. The speaker shares techniques for confronting dysfunctional behaviors, exploring family-of-origin patterns, and teaching practical relational skills. A case study illustrates how leverage, accountability, and skill-building can shift even high-conflict couples toward repair and responsibility.
Syllabus Description: The secret to helping couples have a powerful, transformative experience in therapy is to get them to deeply explore---while in each other’s presence---their own character structure and family-of-origin trauma. For the therapist, this process involves six steps: arriving at the couple’s relational diagnosis, helping them articulate their repeating loops, getting the backstory of their childhood adaptation, imaginatively reparenting each inner child, loving confrontation, and helping each partner master new skills.
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*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
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Terry Real, LICSW, is a nationally recognized family therapist, author, and teacher. He is particularly known for his groundbreaking work on men and male psychology as well as his work on gender and couples; he has been in private practice for over twenty-five years. Terry has appeared often as the relationship expert for Good Morning America and ABC News. His work has been featured in numerous academic articles as well as media venues such as Oprah, 20/20, The Today Show, CNN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today and many others.