What is RLT?

Relational Life Therapy (RLT) is an integrative approach to couples therapy created by distinguished therapist, Terry Real, LICSW, that equips people with the lifelong skills to forge more authentic, honest, and intimate connections.

RLT is a therapeutic model that helps bring people down from a "one up" / better-than stance, while simultaneously empowering and supporting the latent up and out of toxic shame. As such, RLT is uniquely positioned to counteract systems of oppression and 'power-over' culture.

These power dynamics play out between many couples, but also in our cultural at large. Because of this, we believe RLT has the potential to greatly impact our world. By teaching skills from Relational Life Therapy, we seek to address inequalities and make our world a more relational and kind place.

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“I have trained in many therapeutic modalities. After each training I'm left wondering how to apply what I've learned so my clients will understand it. But Relational Life Therapy is different. I never had so much confidence as a therapist. I was taught exactly how to implement this model. RLT provides tools that I can hold in my hand, shape them, and deliver them effectively in the moment when they're needed. It’s made such an impact for my clients! Terry Real has compiled a brilliant body of work, and he is an excellent messenger. It’s like: the translator has arrived!”

-Christie Ashbeck, MS, LPC, NCC
RLT Practitioner based in Arizona
AZ Whole Heart Connection, LLC

What is ​relational life therapy?

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