Relational Life Therapy
Building relationships that are honest, intimate, and genuinely fulfilling.
Love Is a Skill. You Can Learn It
Radical Honesty as the Path to Real Intimacy
Relational Life Therapy, developed by Terry Real, is a direct and transformative approach to the way we connect. At IPG, we use RLT to help clients break free from inherited relational patterns and build something more honest, more resilient, and more deeply fulfilling.
Who Can Benefit from RLT?
From Disconnection to Genuine Intimacy
RLT is highly effective for couples stuck in repetitive conflict, individuals who struggle with closeness or vulnerability, and anyone who senses that their relational patterns are holding them back from the connection they truly want.
For couples who want to go deeper into the structural and historical roots of their dynamic, Imago Couples Therapy offers a closely related and complementary path.
What is Relational Life Therapy?
Fierce Care as a Therapeutic Practice
Developed by Terry Real, RLT is grounded in the understanding that most relational pain stems from patterns learned long before we chose our partners. Grandiosity and shame, distance and merger, are not character flaws. They are adaptations that once served us.
RLT names these patterns directly and offers concrete, actionable skills in their place: full presence, fierce intimacy, wise advocacy, and relational repair.
At IPG, our RLT-trained clinicians bring both directness and deep warmth to this work.
How RLT Works
Four core moves that transform how you relate to yourself and others.
Full Presence
Fierce Intimacy
Wise Advocacy
Relational Repair
Honest. Intimate. Real.
RLT asks more of us than most approaches, and it gives back more in return. Our clinicians hold this work with the directness it requires and the care it deserves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our experienced therapists bring directness and genuine care to every session. Select a question below to learn more about RLT and what to expect.
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