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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Gender | Relational Recovery Therapy (RRT) | Grandiosity | Intimacy | Shame
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2004 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 59:41
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 27, 2004
- Short Description:
- This talk presents the core principles of Relational Recovery Therapy, focusing on the relational imbalance between men and women. It examines the enduring 50% divorce rate and the impact of traditional gender roles—men socialized for dominance, women increasingly seeking emotional intimacy. The approach calls for therapists to support women’s empowerment while helping men confront grandiosity and develop relational accountability, aiming to foster mutual connection and growth.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- 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

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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Intimacy | Relationships | Grandiosity | Shame
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2005 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 53:44
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 04, 2005
- Short Description:
- Introduces Relational Empowerment Therapy, a model for modern relationships that addresses emotional imbalance between partners. Focuses on helping less dominant partners challenge unhealthy dynamics through direct confrontation, naming behaviors, and building empathy. Highlights the roles of grandiosity and shame, offering practical tools like precise feedback and functional skill-building. Encourages therapists to speak truth with compassion and humility.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Relationships | Addiction | Avoidant | Family Systems | Grandiosity | Love | Shame
- Categories:
- Couples Conference 2007 | Couples Conference | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 2:33:29
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 27, 2007
- Short Description:
- Outlines a dynamic approach to couples therapy centered on relational empowerment, individual accountability, and emotional balance. Focuses on transforming patterns of grandiosity, shame, love avoidance, and addiction through strategic interventions. Introduces tools like the Relational Grid and emphasizes building relational skills, setting boundaries, and guiding clients toward deeper connection, emotional growth, and mutual cherishing.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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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
Tags: Couples Therapy Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) Character Change Adult Development Amplification of Consequences Couples Dynamics Reframing Responsibility Strategic Use of Self Task Assignment Utilization Character Transformation Adaptive Child Family Systems Functional Adult Grandiosity Intimacy Relational Empowerment Shame

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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Deception | Love | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Relationships | Grandiosity | Intimacy | Shame
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2009 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 1:55:39
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 01, 2009
- Short Description:
- This session presents a practical approach to Relational Life Therapy™, focusing on the interplay between grandiosity and shame, and the importance of addressing both indulgence and deficiency. It introduces the concepts of “latent” and “blatant” partners, emphasizing leverage, empowerment, and therapist transparency. Strategies include setting safe conditions for therapy, managing untreated disorders, calling forth the functional adult, and fostering relational joy over mere gratification.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- 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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- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Relationships | Attachment | Differentiation | Gender Dynamics | Grandiosity | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT)
- 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:
- 34:00
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 14, 2016
- Short Description:
- This workshop presents an intensive, truth-driven approach to saving marriages through Relational Life Therapy. It introduces the concept of psychological patriarchy—structured around the great divide, the dance of contempt, and core collusion—and outlines how therapists can disrupt these dynamics by fostering accountability, intimacy, and new relational skills. The focus is on deep repair, often in couples who have failed in previous therapies, with an emphasis on competence rather than gender.
- Price:
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Sale is $29.00
price reduced from Base Price - $59.00