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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:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Social Issues
- 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:
- 1:02:49
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2024
- Short Description:
- This talk examines the global rise of patriarchy and its impact on intimate relationships, highlighting how anti-relational culture contributes to high failure rates in long-term partnerships. The speaker presents Relational Life Therapy (RLT) as a solution, built on three phases: loving confrontation, trauma work, and skill-building. Emphasizing the need to teach relational skills in schools, the approach addresses both individual challenges—like grandiosity and shame—and broader systemic influences to build healthier, more connected relationships.
- 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 | Masculinity | 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:
- 1:34:03
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 05, 2023
- Short Description:
- This talk introduces key insights from "Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship", focusing on the concept of “loving power”—a blend of assertiveness and cherishing. It examines how patriarchy and individualism contribute to relational trauma and offers strategies from Relational Life Therapy (RLT), including loving confrontation, trauma repair, and skill-building. Emphasis is placed on self-disclosure, humility, and cultivating authentic connection.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
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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:
- Keynotes | Psychotherapy | Storytelling | Strategic Therapy | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2021 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1 hour
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 02, 2021
- Short Description:
- Madanes presents her strategic family therapy approach, focusing on changing family dynamics to resolve issues. She emphasizes the use of respectful directives, avoiding labels, and tailoring interventions like reversing hierarchy for struggling parents and creating positive memories for couples. Madanes also shares her 15-step method for addressing sexual abuse, centered on spiritual healing and apology. She highlights the need to adapt therapy for diverse families and challenges the dominance of individual treatment models and medication.
- 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 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:
- Speeches | Trauma | Neurobiology | Neuroscience | Research | Addiction | Memory
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2018 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Janina Fisher, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:05:26
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 09, 2018
- Short Description:
- Janina Fisher explores how traumatic memories continue to impact individuals through persistent symptoms like depression and anxiety. She introduces the concept of implicit memory, explaining how emotional and visceral memories shape current behavior. Fisher offers practical techniques for helping clients understand their trauma responses, emphasizing a transformational approach that focuses on healing and creating new experiences rather than reliving past events.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Brief Therapy | Trauma | Somatic Experiences | Therapeutic Relationship | Pain and Healing
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2018 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Janina Fisher, PhD
- Duration:
- 2:05:52
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 07, 2018
- Short Description:
- Janina Fisher presents a brief therapy model for trauma treatment, emphasizing the limitations of traditional talk therapy and the need for approaches suited to managed care. She explains how trauma is stored in implicit memory and reviews Bessel van der Kolk’s brain research. Fisher outlines a phase-oriented approach, incorporating psychoeducation, mindfulness, and right-brain-to-right-brain communication. She discusses neurofeedback’s effectiveness, sensory motor psychotherapy’s role in skill development, and strategies for stabilizing clients in unsafe situations.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Brief Therapy Pain & Healing Somatic Experiences Therapeutic Relationship Trauma Adaptation Adaptive Learning Attunement Behavioral Change Emotional Growth Experiential Learning Flexibility Learning Observation Phenomenological Approach Reframing Resilience Self-Discovery Tailoring Therapeutic Alliance Unconscious Resources Utilization Validation
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Continuing Education | Couples Therapy | Gender | Masculinity
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2018 | Online Continuing Education | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 33:57
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 05, 2018
- Short Description:
- A leading expert on male psychology shares insights on the evolving nature of masculinity, examining both progress and backlash in the cultural landscape. He encourages therapists to help men reconnect with vulnerability and emotions, using truth-based techniques to build healthy self-esteem and relational strength. The talk underscores the vital role of women therapists and the importance of clinical skill over gender in fostering meaningful therapeutic change.
- Price:
- $0.00 - $29.00

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- Not yet rated
- 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

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- Topic Areas:
- Couples Therapy | Workshops | Affective Science | Developmental Psychology | Positive Psychology | Somatic Psychology | Trauma Studies
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2017 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Janina Fisher, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:38:31
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 02, 2017
- Short Description:
- An exploration of trauma's impact on relationships, this presentation reveals how unresolved childhood experiences fragment our inner selves. Dr. Janina Fisher offers innovative therapeutic techniques to help couples recognize and heal their wounded child parts, transforming conflict into compassionate connection through practical, body-centered approaches.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Couples Therapy | Workshops | Affective Science | Developmental Psychology | Positive Psychology | Somatic Psychology | Trauma Studies
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2017 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Janina Fisher, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:38:31
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 02, 2017
- Short Description:
- An exploration of trauma's impact on relationships, this presentation reveals how unresolved childhood experiences fragment our inner selves. Dr. Janina Fisher offers innovative therapeutic techniques to help couples recognize and heal their wounded child parts, transforming conflict into compassionate connection through practical, body-centered approaches.
- Price:
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Developmental Therapy Model | Couples Therapy | Leadership | Therapist Development | Group Therapy | Therapist Techniques
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2017 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD
- Duration:
- 53:04
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 01, 2017
- Short Description:
- Ellyn Bader's workshop illuminates strong leadership in couples therapy, demonstrating techniques to create impactful client experiences. Through a detailed case study, she introduces the developmental model, showcasing interventions like partner-described complaints and a revealing paper exercise. The session emphasizes differentiation, self-reflection, and building positive therapeutic environments, ultimately guiding therapists to enhance their personal effectiveness and client interactions.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Therapeutic Techniques Self-Improvement Conflict Avoidance Developmental Therapy Model Emotional Growth Experiential Therapy Expressive Communication Personal Growth Phenomenological Approach Receptive Communication Self-Discovery Developmental Model Professional Growth Emotional Intelligence Therapist Presence Relationship Challenges

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- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Developmental Therapy Model | Couples Therapy | Leadership | Therapist Development | Clinical Psychology | Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) | Interpersonal Therapy | Trauma
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2017 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD
- Duration:
- 50:46
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 01, 2017
- Short Description:
- Ellyn Bader reveals couples therapy techniques, focusing on maintaining hope and connection. Through a detailed case study of Trish and Paul, she demonstrates the initiator-inquirer process to improve communication and differentiation in conflict-avoidant relationships. The workshop provides practical strategies for therapists to create meaningful interventions and help couples rebuild intimacy and understanding.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Infidelity | Relationships | Crisis Therapy | Attachment | Emotional Regulation | Therapeutic Model
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2017 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD
- Duration:
- 23:41
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 31, 2017
- Short Description:
- Ellyn will present a video of a first session with a couple about to separate after a third discovered infidelity. The session, conducted by Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson focuses on illuminating how one partner’s unresolved family of origin issues create pain for both partners, contribute to infidelity and inhibit the development of the relationship. After the video presentation, Janis Spring will comment. We all learn more when we see therapeutic work discussed from multiple perspectives.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Deception | Differentiation | Couples Therapy | Relationships | Behavioral Psychology | Group Therapy | Psychoanalysis
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2016 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD
- Duration:
- 02:00:14
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 15, 2016
- Short Description:
- Everybody lies. Some lies are loving and harmless. But, others are enormously destructive. Couples’ patterns of deception often begin innocently but end in couples destroying the love they once had. Self- deception, conflict avoidance and felony lies all undermine commitment and connection. Learn to identify and disrupt deception, confront evasiveness and hypocrisy and facilitate differentiation.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Differentiation | Couples Therapy | Attachment | Developmental Therapy Model | Multicultural | Therapeutic Model | Emotional Regulation
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2016 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD | Esther Perel, MA, LMFT | Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 01:07:58
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 14, 2016
- Short Description:
- This panel examines the nuanced role of differentiation in couples therapy. Speakers address the ambivalence partners often feel toward change, the need for resilience, and the importance of setting clear boundaries. Topics include "fierce intimacy," therapist dedication, substance abuse, and the delicate balance between attachment and individuality. The discussion offers practical insights into fostering growth while navigating emotional tension in relationships.
- Price:
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- Topic Areas:
- Couples Therapy | Workshops | Deception | Differentiation | Confrontation | Family Systems | Psychodynamics | Therapist Techniques
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2015 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD | Sue Diamond, MA, RCC
- Duration:
- 1:32:41
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 25, 2015
- Short Description:
- Everybody lies. Some lies are loving and harmless. But, others are enormously destructive. Couples’ patterns of deception often begin innocently but end in couples destroying the love they once had. Self- deception, conflict avoidance and felony lies all undermine commitment and connection. Learn to identify and disrupt deception, confront evasiveness and hypocrisy and facilitate differentiation.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Couples Therapy | Topical Panels | Differentiation | Brief Therapy | Abuse | Cognitive Psychology | Developmental Therapy Model | Psychodynamics | Interpersonal Therapy
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2015 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD | Judith Anderson | Peter Pearson, PhD
- Duration:
- 43:37
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 24, 2015
- Short Description:
- This panel examines differentiation in couples therapy, revealing how partners can maintain individual identity while building secure attachment. Through practical techniques and case studies, the presenters demonstrate strategies for managing emotional reactivity, understanding different perspectives, and creating deeper intimacy. The discussion offers insights into helping couples navigate complex relationship dynamics with empathy and mutual respect.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Conversation Hours | Psychotherapy | Intervention Strategies | Therapist Techniques
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2013 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Claudia Black, PhD
- Duration:
- 56:31
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 2013
- Short Description:
- Black offers a powerful look into the experiences of partners of sex addicts, highlighting the deep trauma, PTSD symptoms, and co-addictions they may face. She emphasizes validation, family of origin work, psychoeducation, stabilization, and core issue healing. Topics include polygraphs, children, therapeutic separation, group support, and rebuilding integrity and self-respect.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Infidelity | Topical Panels | Couples Therapy | Clinical Psychology | Humanistic Therapy | Psychoanalysis | Relationships | Trauma
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2013 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD | Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD, ABPP | Michele Weiner-Davis, LCSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:01:24
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 20, 2013
- Short Description:
- A panel of expert therapists delves into the intricate challenges of infidelity, discussing healing strategies, emotional complexities, and therapeutic approaches for couples navigating the aftermath of an affair. Panelists share insights on creating hope, understanding individual experiences, and supporting couples through the difficult journey of rebuilding trust and intimacy.
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- Topic Areas:
- Attachment | Neuroscience | Super Courses | Intimacy | Differentiation | Couples Therapy | Developmental Psychology
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2012 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:51:57
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 09, 2012
- Short Description:
- Learn advanced techniques for understanding relationship dynamics, addressing communication challenges, and supporting couples through complex emotional landscapes. Explore attachment styles, therapeutic interventions, and strategies for helping couples navigate conflict, addiction, and personal growth.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Infidelity | Dialogues | Couples Therapy | Humanistic Psychology | Trauma Studies
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2012 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD | Esther Perel, MA, LMFT | Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD, ABPP
- Duration:
- 58:47
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 07, 2012
- Short Description:
- Three leading experts explore the nuanced landscape of infidelity in therapy, offering insights into healing, prevention, and understanding modern relationship challenges across cultural contexts.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Infidelity | Couples Therapy | Topical Panels | Attachment | Clinical Psychology | Evolutionary Psychology | Relationships | Sex and Sexuality | Sociology
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2012 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD | Helen E. Fisher, PhD | John Gottman, PhD | Esther Perel, MA, LMFT
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 55:04
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 28, 2012
- Short Description:
- Experts explore the intricate landscape of infidelity, examining its psychological, evolutionary, and cultural dimensions. Top relationship researchers reveal groundbreaking insights into why affairs happen, their impact on couples, and the complex therapeutic approaches needed to heal relationships. A compelling examination of trust, betrayal, and human connection in modern partnerships.
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