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Expert Training For Relationship Professionals from Leading Therapist Terry Real

Master the Powerful Method to Effectively Work With Couples and Transform Relationships

Discover the Powerful Method to Effectively Work With Couples and Transform Relationships

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What is Relational Life Therapy (RLT)?

Get fresh perspectives and interventions for your couples therapy sessions as you observe Terry Real and Desirae Ysasi work LIVE and in-depth with one couple using Relational Life Therapy.

RLT equips couples therapists and relationship professionals with the powerful tools to elegantly and confidently guide your clients into authentic connection—with themselves, others, and the planet as a whole.

Developed by master couples and family therapist Terry Real, RLT incorporates perspectives and skills from systems therapy, feminist therapy, and coaching, together with current evidence-based modalities, to provide practitioners with an innovative approach to couples work and relationship transformation that breaks many of the rules of traditional therapy.

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Who Is Terry Real?

Terry Real, creator of Relational Life Therapy

Terry Real, LICSW, is an internationally recognized family therapist, New York Times bestselling author, and sought-after speaker. 

A former senior faculty member of the Family Institute of Cambridge in Massachusetts and a retired Clinical Fellow of the Meadows Institute in Arizona, Terry is renowned for his ability to save couples on the brink of divorce using the progressive approach he created, Relational Life Therapy. RLT equips people with the powerful relational skills they need to cultivate meaningful connections—to themselves, each other, and the planet as a whole.

Via his esteemed training school, the Relational Life Institute, Terry has trained thousands of relationship professionals in his RLT method to date. His original insights on couples therapy, relationships, and men’s issues have been featured in outlets from Psychotherapy Networker and Forbes to The Today Show and The New York Times.

Esther Perel, psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author

“When I need advice, I call Terry Real. His decades of clinical experience, research, and wisdom are invaluable to my patients, colleagues, and friends.”

Richard  C. Schwartz, Founder of Internal Family Systems

“Terry helps reawaken couples who seem trapped in a long-term stalemate and allows them to move toward growth and fuller Selfhood.”

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