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with RLT Director of Training, Desirae Ysasi
🗓 Thursday, September 24th 2026
📍 DoubleTree by Hilton, 1255 Jeanne-Mance Street, Montreal, H5B 1E5
While it’s challenging, helping couples shift out of conflict and build intimate, fulfilling relationships with the most important people in their lives is some of the most rewarding work you will ever do.
In this one-day in-person training, you’ll learn the foundational principles that underpin RLT. You’ll discover how it will transform how you work with couples so your clients feel hopeful and motivated and you feel energized, not burnt out.
You’ll explore the theory behind RLT, along with some of the effective tools and strategies that move couples toward meaningful change.
Most traditional couples therapy models focus on managing day-to-day conflict
– often leading to years of talking without meaningful results.
RLT is different, getting to the root of what’s driving couples apart from the very first session.
Developed by leading couples therapist and New York Times bestselling author Terry Real, RLT is grounded in his 40 years of clinical experience working with couples on the brink of divorce.
Through his real-world therapy sessions, Terry quickly learned that traditional techniques like staying neutral weren’t enough when it came to working with couples. And so he began to find what did work, and in doing so broke nearly every rule of couples therapy he’d been taught.
In this in-person training, you will be introduced to Terry’s radical approach for effective – and often fast – couples therapy. Including how we take sides to restore balance, work with trauma in the presence of a partner, and draw on our own relational healing to build trust and alliances that motivate change.
Through three clear phases, RLT gives therapists a clear vision for their sessions, allowing them to help clients heal from the past and develop the skills to build the relationships they crave.
This pre-day training is an introduction to that map.
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. More information.
This training takes place at the 📍 DoubleTree Hilton, Montreal, Canada.
Takes place on 🗓 Thursday, September 24, 2026, 9am – 4pm.
8:45–9:00 | Arrive and Check in |
|---|---|
9:00–10:15 | Foundations and Core Principles of RLT |
10:15–10:30 | Break |
10:30 12:00 | Relational Mindfulness and Parts of the Self |
12:00–1:00 | Lunch |
1:00–2:15 | Taking Sides, Confronting Grandiosity, Relational Empowerment |
2:15–3:30 | Break |
2:30–3:45 | The Arc of RLT |
3:45–4:00 | Closing and Check out |
“Desirae is an extraordinary teacher and faculty advisor whose insight and support have deeply shaped my growth. She lives and breathes the RLT model and relationality—her ability to consistently apply the RLT lens gently course-corrects my own. She listens with intention, challenges with compassion, and offers guidance that is both practical and profound. I feel incredibly fortunate to have learned from her.”
“Training with Desirae constantly leaves me with a sensation of clarity and direction. Her active and engaged style of instructing has assisted me in discovering my personal growth edges and meeting those with compassion. She has a great ability to sense into the group she is working with, being attuned to their needs and inviting participation to ensure all are receiving and integrating the instruction.”
We appreciate plans may change therefore we offer a full refund if you cancel before Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Please email support@terryreal.com if you need to cancel.
The DoubleTree Hilton Montreal is located just a 30-minute drive from Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl Airport and a 10-minute drive from Montreal Central Train Station. Parking is available on-site for an additional charge, please visit the hotel website directly for more information: https://doubletreemontreal.com/en/
Continuing Education Credit Hours will be available for this event. The exact number will be confirmed closer to the date.
To maximize the benefits of being together in person, there will not be a livestream ticket option available.
We appreciate things can come up unexpectedly and plans change, so you can get a full refund if you cancel before Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Email support@terryreal.com. Any cancellations after that date will not be eligible for refund.
Please contact us at support@terryreal.com.
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