BOARD MEMBER & RESEARCH LEAD:
Cathy Hill, PhD

​Cathy is a registered psychologist in private practice in Vancouver, Canada. She has taught courses in psychology and communication at several universities, and currently provides workshops, groups, and therapy for couples. She took training in most of the major schools of relationship therapy prior to discovering RLT, and is now thrilled to be involved in projects to make RLT services available to underserved populations. Cathy has trained extensively with Terry Real, and in 2020 developed and co-led an advanced training program with him. She is currently focused on designing research to provide evidence for the efficacy of RLT.

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BOARD MEMBER:
Jaci Hull, LMFT

​Jaci is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Boulder, CO. Jaci has a Masters in Contemplative Psychotherapy and holds Certifications in Family Therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, Matrixworks Group Leadership, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Relational Life Couples Therapy. She is Senior Faculty and serves on the Board of the Hakomi Institute International. In private practice for over 30 years, she works with individuals and couples.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
Sarah Oswald, MA

Sarah is a Certified Relational Life Therapist and Facilitator. She is also a Teacher of MatrixWorks Group Leadership. Through her business, Lead Your Love Life, Sarah officiates weddings and adores helping couples lay a foundation for successful partnership. She has spent the past 14 years studying and teaching a living-systems-approach to relational sustainability, which she discovered during her Environmental Leadership masters program at Naropa University (2011). Sarah is devoted to the art of building thriving communities. She steps up to run this Foundation with a passion for advancing RLT within the world of therapy and, following in her father's footsteps, bringing relational tools into under-resourced demographics.

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COMMUNITY MANAGER:
​ Amy Gordon

​Amy is a specialist in nonprofit fundraising and marketing.  Her primary role is to grow the Foundation through outreach, networking and partnership building.  Prior to joining Relational Life Foundation, Amy worked in several other nonprofit organizations in similar capacities.  She is committed to a wide range of social service and communal organizations and has held leadership positions on their committees and boards.  She is guided by her passion for connecting people and believes that taking an active role in shaping society is both a responsibility and an opportunity.  Amy strives to share the importance of RLT, broaden its reach to all individuals and make a positive impact on the world.

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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING CONSULTANT:
Deran Young

Deran is a licensed therapist specializing in racial trauma and legacy burdens. She is also a Co-Author of the New York Times Best Seller, You Are Your Best Thing, a retired military officer, & founder of Black Therapists Rock. Black Therapists Rock is a non profit organization with a network of over 30,000 mental health professionals committed to reducing the psychological impact of systemic oppression and intergenerational trauma. She obtained her social work degree from University of Texas, where she studied abroad in Ghana, West Africa for two semesters creating a high school counseling center for under-resourced students. Deran has visited over 37 different countries and her clinical experience spans across four different continents. Her passion for culture and people has led her to become a highly sought after diversity and inclusion consultant working with companies like BBERG, Facebook, Linked In, and YWCA. She resides in the Washington DC area with her 10 year old son.