You can either be right or you can be married,
what is more important to you?
Terry Real, MSW, LCSW
Relational Life Therapy Couples Intensive | In-Person in Phoenix & Austin
In Relational Life Therapy,
we take sides
What is Relational Life Therapy?
Relational Life Therapy (RLT) was founded by family therapist and author, Terry Real, MSW, LCSW. It is a form of couples therapy that helps partners resolve conflict, develop personal accountability, improve communication, and foster intimacy within the relationship.
The intensive offering is a way to accelerate the relational healing you would experience in a normal 50-minute session. Rather than the typical weekly meeting, we would connect for a longer period, usually three to four hours over one or two days. This concentrated approach allows us to dive deeper and make greater strides in a shorter time.
How does it work?
Each couple’s intensive is as unique as their relationship, however, in the intensive process you can expect to gain skills to be both protected and connected in your relationship, the Five Losing Strategies we fall into and how they harm our relationship, the Five Winning Strategies to repair and revitalize our relationship, healthy listening and responding skills, and where you most often get stuck in your relationship and how to get unstuck.
Is your relationship a fit for an RLT Intensive?
If you’ve been unsuccessful, or haven’t reached your desired progress in your relationship with other couples therapists or on your own, RLT can help. Whether you are navigating a difficult transition, such as recently getting married, expanding your family, or some other big life change, RLT can help get on the same page.
If your relationship has experienced a betrayal, such as infidelity, or any other significant breach of trust, or you have found that your relationship is nearing its end due to a lack of progress, RLT is a good fit. It is often considered the final stop for couples.
It is especially effective for any couple who realizes that it takes two to make a relationship work.
Relational Life Therapy Couples Intensives can help relationships heal from
How it Works
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Pre-Intensive Consultation
Connect to determine whether the intensive experience would be the best fit for you and your partner.
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Personalized Treatment
Your intensive experience will combine the principles of Relational Life Therapy (RLT) with your unique relationship history and future goals. This consists of identifying the current dysfunctional cycle in the relationship, reflecting and naming each person’s contribution to the cycle, and then building skills to sustain intimacy.
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Practice Relational Living
There is no final destination, but there is relief and more moments for connection and joy that come from letting go of what’s holding you back, which will be the catalyst for a more aligned and meaningful future for your relationship.
Investment & Options
connection is possible
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connection is possible —