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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT)
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:00:54
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 04, 2024
- Short Description:
- This workshop outlines the core phases of Relational Life Therapy (RLT): data gathering, confronting power imbalances, and teaching relational skills. It emphasizes the role of the adaptive child, relational mindfulness, and moving from complaint to request. Key topics include managing grandiosity and shame, fostering maturity, setting boundaries, practicing loving power, and cultivating relational joy. Strategies for addressing defensiveness, narcissism, and behavior change are also presented.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Trauma
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:30:25
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2024
- Short Description:
- This presentation introduces Relational Life Therapy (RLT), a three-phase approach centered on awakening clients, confronting truth with compassion, and engaging in deep trauma work. It addresses power imbalances in couples by identifying “blatant” and “latent” roles, and emphasizes forming therapeutic alliances with clients’ wise adult selves. Key themes include relational mindfulness, empathy, managing grandiosity, and promoting systemic change for lasting relational transformation.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Attachment | Intimacy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT)
- Bundle(s):
- Couples Conference 2023
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2023 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 40:45
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 06, 2023
- Short Description:
- This keynote on Relational Life Therapy (RLT) focuses on intimacy, secure attachment, and the shift from individualism to relational living. It outlines three phases of RLT—waking up, joining through truth, and teaching skills—while addressing adaptive childhood patterns. Emphasis is placed on relational mindfulness, repair strategies, and helping clients think relationally to build stronger, more connected partnerships.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Couples Therapy | Trauma
- Bundle(s):
- Couples Conference 2023
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2023 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:20:18
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 05, 2023
- Short Description:
- This workshop presents Relational Life Therapy (RLT), a powerful couples therapy model that integrates deep individual work—such as trauma healing and character transformation—within the presence of a partner. Blending loving confrontation, relational skills training, and inner child work, RLT produces rapid, lasting change. Core concepts include addressing shame and grandiosity, using the wise adult/wounded child/adaptive child framework, and applying empathic reversal to build compassion, accountability, and authentic connection.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Gender | Trauma
- Bundle(s):
- CC19 Main Conference Audio Bundle | CC19 Individual Selections
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2019 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 1:02:19
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 12, 2019
- Short Description:
- This presentation outlines the core phases of Relational Life Therapy (RLT): confronting dysfunctional patterns, inner child work, and teaching relational skills. Emphasizing extended sessions and multi-generational trauma, the approach targets power imbalances, grandiosity, and false empowerment. The goal is to foster deep connection and sustainable change through truth-telling, accurate diagnosis, and strategic leverage.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Gender | Trauma
- Bundle(s):
- CC19 Main Conference Video Bundle | CC19 Individual Selections
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2019 | Online Continuing Education | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:04:21
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 12, 2019
- Short Description:
- This session introduces the fundamentals of Relational Life Therapy (RLT), emphasizing a collaborative, non-confrontational approach between therapist and client. Key concepts include sustaining dialogue, identifying internal parts (functional adult, wounded child, adaptive child), and using techniques like psychodrama to address multi-generational trauma. The importance of treating psychiatric conditions before engaging in deeper emotional work is also underscored.
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- Topic Areas:
- Couples Therapy | Workshops | Communication | Relationships | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Trauma
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2018 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 58:30
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 04, 2018
- Short 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.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Trauma | Workshops | Intimacy | Relationships | Couples Therapy | Family Dynamics
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2016 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 02:05:42
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 14, 2016
- Short Description:
- This workshop outlines a three-phase model for healing trauma and deepening intimacy in relationships. It focuses on using leverage with resistant clients, addressing early and relational trauma, and guiding deep character change in the presence of a partner. Emphasis is placed on managing personality disorders, using rituals in therapy, and holding high relational standards—especially when working with boys—to foster long-term relational health.
- Price:
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- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Couples Therapy | Workshops | Marriage | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Mindfulness | Relationships | Grandiosity | Shame
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2013 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:28:11
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 19, 2013
- Short Description:
- Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy ™ deals with the most stuck, most intractable cases by dealing squarely with issues of character. His Relationship Bootcamp begins with this slogan: “Other Workshops Teach You Skills: We Deal With the Part of You That Won’t Use Them.” WHAT you do matters less than WHICH PART OF YOU is at the wheel—the mature, present part of you, or an immature, triggered part of you. “We teach individuals in couples how to be relational—changing each individual’s character as we change the relationship between them.”
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Sale is $29.00
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Grandiosity | Shame | Therapist Techniques
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2009 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 1:10:41
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 01, 2009
- Short Description:
- This keynote introduces principles of Relational Life Therapy (RLT), focusing on relationality as a human birthright and the potential for character change. Core strategies include addressing shame and grandiosity, using boundaries and self-esteem as diagnostic tools, and emphasizing practical relational skills. A case example illustrates how personal insight and accountability can lead to transformation. The goal: help individuals build meaningful connections beyond the therapy room.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Family Systems | Trauma | Gender
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2005 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 1:52:59
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 04, 2005
- Short Description:
- Presents the core principles of Relational Empowerment Therapy, addressing cultural shifts from traditional to intimate partnerships. Focuses on correcting emotional imbalance between men and women by confronting grandiosity and empowering the less dominant partner. Highlights the use of leverage, healthy shame, directive techniques, and family-of-origin work to foster authentic connection. Emphasizes the role of therapists in teaching skills and guiding clients toward mutual respect and intimacy.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Relational Recovery Therapy (RRT) | Relationships
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2005 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 1:57:24
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 04, 2005
- Short Description:
- Introduces Core Negative Images (CNIs) and Dead Stop Contracts as tools in Relational Recovery Therapy to help couples identify and shift destructive patterns. Explores common dynamics like control, criticism, and withdrawal, and how family of origin shapes behavior. Uses the Relationship Grid to teach healthy boundaries and self-esteem. Emphasizes truth, compassion, and mutual empowerment as foundations for deeper connection and sustainable intimacy.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Gender | Empowerment | Grandiosity | Shame | Trauma | Cultural and Social Contexts
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2004 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 1:48:39
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 27, 2004
- Short Description:
- This workshop examines the dynamics of love addiction and avoidance, linking them to early experiences of abandonment and enmeshment. It challenges cultural norms around gender, highlighting the common pairing of love-dependent women and love-avoidant men shaped by patriarchy. The speaker emphasizes healthy self-esteem, emotional boundaries, and the need for mature relational development. Practical tools like feelings journals support the shift toward vulnerability, intimacy, and emotionally grounded masculinity.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price