Join the RLI faculty for a 3-day training in London
Learn to Expertly Deliver Life-Changing Relationship Bootcamps
Equip yourself with all the tools, knowledge, and resources you need to lead Relationship Bootcamps for couples and individuals and make them an ongoing part of your practice.
What is the Relationship Bootcamp Training?
This 3-day interactive training will teach you all you need to know to expertly facilitate two-day Relationship Bootcamps and work effectively with participants.
Guided by the RLI faculty, you’ll access the most up-to-date thinking around the RLT model and relational skills with a strong focus on practical work to accelerate your learning. The faculty and your fellow group members will act as participants and observers to provide you with specific, personalized feedback.
This training also allows you to practice co-facilitating with other practitioners (many Bootcamp facilitators choose to work in this way). And, as you observe your peers, you’ll also gain fresh perspectives from how they approach these workshops.
Who Can Join The Training?
Who Can Join The Training?
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Are fully certified via the NEW RLT Certification track.
(i.e. you have attended a practicum + submitted a case review) - Have attended a Relationship Bootcamp as a participant (online or in-in-person).
- Can commit to 3 x 1 hour mandatory prep calls with their group and assigned faculty mentor.
19.5 CEs are available
Relational Life Institute (RLI) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7495. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Relational Life Institute (RLI) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
How Is It Structured?
How Is It Structured?
You will work in small groups of 10 to each deliver a portion of a Relationship Bootcamp. (You will receive a video and transcript of one of our Bootcamps and presentation slides to support this).
You will meet with your group and assigned faculty mentor for 3 x 1-hour prep calls prior to the training. This is essential to practice your presentation and receive feedback to support a successful delivery on the day. The calls will take place from September through to mid-October and exact dates will be confirmed before the end of June.
The faculty and your fellow group members will act as participants and observers to provide you with specific, personalized feedback. You will learn how to effectively lead the Bootcamps with the most up-to-date RLT principles and respond to any questions from participants.
What’s Included?
- 3-days of interactive, in-person training with theory, role plays, and feedback from the RLI faculty.
- 3 x 1-hour meetings with your group and assigned RLI Faculty member to prepare.
- All slides and resources needed to run your own bootcamps.
- 5 group marketing coaching calls to help you fill your very first bootcamp.
- Marketing assets to help you promote your bootcamps.
- 1 free listing on our bootcamp page to attract interested participants.
- End of training social reception to connect with the RLI faculty and your fellow participants.
- Video Recording of a Relationship Bootcamp.
Location, Travel, & Accommodation
The 3-day facilitator training (and social reception) will take place at Regent’s University in London on Thursday, October 23, 2025 → Saturday, October 25, 2025.
Participants are responsible for making their own travel and accommodation arrangements.
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About Your Teachers
Desirae Ysasi, LPC-S
Director of Training and Certification for the Relational Life Institute
Desirae specializes in helping couples navigate complex challenges in their relationships, including recovering from affairs or betrayals, addressing intimacy issues, and improving communication. With a compassionate yet direct approach, she empowers clients to build authentic and joyful connections with their partners.
Desirae earned both her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Master of Arts in Counseling from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2006 and a board-approved Supervisor for LPC-Associates since 2012. Upon entering private practice in 2009, she has focused exclusively on relationship counseling.
By offering guidance and constructive feedback, she helps clients create transformative changes in their relationships. She works with relationships of all kinds—monogamous, polyamorous, dating, or married—and is passionate about supporting LGBTQ+ couples and culturally or spiritually diverse partnerships. Desirae’s relationship work extends beyond romantic partnerships, supporting adults who wish to strengthen family dynamics with parents, siblings, and other loved ones.
In addition to her clinical work, Desirae is the Director of Training and Certification for the Relational Life Institute. She became a Certified RLT Couples Therapist in 2018, training directly with Terry Real, the founder of RLT. Today, she oversees the institute’s global training program, teaching therapists and coaches worldwide to use this powerful relational approach.
Anna Sterk, LMFT, Senior RLI Faculty
A certified RLT therapist since 2017, Anna Sterk (she/her), is a senior member of the Relational Life Institute Faculty.
Her clinical career has been focused on systems and relationships from the beginning. She has worked in community mental health, eating disorder treatment, and private practice.
As she worked with couples and sexuality, Anna found that the way sex was discussed in trainings—and Western culture at large—didn’t match what she was seeing in her office. She drew on her history of training in feminist and cultural studies, integrated with her training as a systemic therapist, to find a way of working with couples—and sex and sexuality specifically—that really took root when she began studying with Terry Real in 2012
She found that RLT provided the framework, techniques, and skills that made the abstract ideas make sense and created the path that Anna’s life and work have taken since that first training. Anna is now at the forefront of shaping how RLT tools and principles can translate to sex therapy, helping transform our relationships to sex—both within ourselves and with our partners.
Julie Rudiger, LCSW
Senior RLI Faculty
Julie has been a licensed therapist since 1993 and was introduced to Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy in 2008. She became certified in 2010, and since then, her practice and personal life has transformed.
Julie loves the value of Full Respect Living, which is the tenant of RLT. Teaching clients and therapists the model remains the central focus of her practice. She loves the role of “coach” in teaching the skills. She believes most couples and individuals just need the education and tools to better care for themselves and their partners and families. Julie is also co-leader of the Relationship Boot Camp in Denver, which helps individuals and couples learn the skills in 2-day intensive workshops.
A senior RLT therapist and a member of the RLT Faculty, Julie is part of the team responsible for training mental health practitioners in the Relational Life Therapy method.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is the 3-day training?
All training will take place in the Knapp Gallery, Regent’s University London, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NS.
What qualifications do I need to attend?
The Relationship Bootcamp training is exclusively open to certified RLT practitioners who have attended a Relationship Bootcamp as a participant, and have completed the NEW RLT Certification track (i.e. you have attended a practicum and submitted a case review).
If you’re not sure if you meet the requirements, please email us at support@terryreal.com.
Are CEs/CPD units available?
Yes – 19.5 CEs are available – see here.
Is there any pre-training study required?
While there is no official pre-training study, you will have immediate access to Terry’s relational skills course, Staying in Love: The Art of Fierce Intimacy, to refresh your understanding. You will also receive a recording of a Relationship Bootcamp to support your presentations, plus a list of optional recommended reading around Terry’s work and RLT to deepen your understanding closer to the event.
Do I need to bring any presentation materials or equipment?
The venue has a multi-media projector, but your team will need to have a computer to run the slides.
How will I know if I pass the training?
Attendance does not automatically guarantee approval to run Relationship Bootcamps. RLI Faculty will use a scoring rubric when reviewing presentations to ensure consistent standards are applied. Certification as a Bootcamp Facilitator will depend on meeting a set standard.
If the faculty note areas where there is a need for significant improvement, coaching will be offered (at the participant’s expense). Because people are working in groups, we expect the presentations to be practiced and smooth between you, but we reserve the right to ask for further training if necessary.
Do I need to arrange my own accommodation?
Yes — guests are responsible for arranging their own accommodation and transport.
What if I need to cancel?
We know sometimes plans can change so you’re protected by a 100% money-back guarantee until September 22, 2025. Please contact us at support@terryreal.com before September 22, 2025 and we will refund you. Any cancellations after this date will not be eligible for refunds.
I have more questions. Who can I speak to?
Please email faculty@relationallife.com using the subject line BOOTCAMP with any further questions.