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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:
- Workshops | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Couples Therapy | Empowerment | Motivation | Shame | Therapeutic Relationship | Therapist Techniques
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2004 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 1:43:38
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 27, 2004
- Short Description:
- This workshop presents key principles of Relational Recovery Therapy, focusing on resolving intimacy issues through structured dialogue, clear roles, and mutual accountability. It outlines the importance of addressing self-medication, psychiatric issues, and acting out before working on connection. Practical guidance includes teaching skills, setting respectful boundaries, and fostering support networks. The approach emphasizes assertive communication and shared responsibility to build healthy, empowered relationships.
- 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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- Not yet rated
- 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.
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- $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
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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:
- Case Discussions | Psychotherapy | Addiction | Trauma | Shame
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Jay Haley, MA | Virginia Satir, MA, ACSW | Lewis R Wolberg, M.D. | Joseph Wolpe, M.D.
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 58:18
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 1985
- Short Description:
- A case study featuring a married couple's therapeutic journey, highlighting the husband's sensitivity to criticism and the wife's analytical approach. Experts discuss potential interventions after seven months of counseling, including strategies for addressing communication barriers, uncovering underlying relationship dynamics, and potentially involving both families to resolve marital tensions. Moderated by Paul Karoly, PhD.
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Abuse | Domestic Violence | Psychotherapy | Healing | Parenting | Shame | Strategic Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 44 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 13, 1990
- Short Description:
- This session presents a strategic therapy model focused on creativity, flexibility, and tailoring interventions to individual cases. Techniques include directives, symbolic acts, and rituals, addressing issues of control, love, protection, and forgiveness. A case example follows a mother with a criminal past as she rebuilds her life, reconnects with her children, and transforms her family relationships...demonstrating how structure, empathy, and responsibility can drive lasting change.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Invited Addresses | Family Therapy | Psychotherapy | Relationships | Shame | Strategic Therapy | Children and Adolescent Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | James Bugental, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:27:24
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 13, 1995
- Short Description:
- This discussion examines the role of shame in family systems and society, highlighting its function in moral development and social cohesion. A therapeutic model for juvenile sex offenders, involving public apologies and reparations, reports a 96% success rate in preventing reoffense. The conversation explores how public acknowledgment can repair relationships and address collective trauma, while also distinguishing between shame, guilt, and regret in therapeutic practice.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Psychotherapy | Addiction | Family Therapy | Resilience | Shame | Strategic Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Claudia Black, PhD | Stella Chess, MD | Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Donald Meichenbaum, PhD
- Duration:
- 55:37
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1995
- Short Description:
- This panel focuses on children’s mental health in high-risk environments, with experts presenting strategies across developmental, systemic, and therapeutic domains. Topics include the impact of addiction on children, symptom function in youth, the role of temperament in treatment, and the importance of early academic success. Case studies and creative interventions are shared, alongside calls for community-based solutions, culturally sensitive parenting programs, peer counseling, and school engagement to support resilience and long-term well-being. Moderated by Brent Geary, PhD.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Belief Systems | Psychotherapy | Abuse | Family Therapy | Shame | Trauma
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Peggy Papp, ACSW
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 38 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 1995
- Short Description:
- A workshop highlighting how identifying hidden belief systems can transform treatment. Using vivid case examples—including a couple facing alcoholism and a family experiencing a psychotic crisis—Papp demonstrates how addressing family dynamics and recurring themes (like rescuing behaviors) leads to lasting change through systemic therapy and strategic interventions.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price