What can Couples Therapy accomplish?

  • increasing emotional closeness

  • preparing for deeper commitment/marriage

  • breaking dysfunctional patterns

  • talking about sex and physical intimacy

  • individuation & boundaries

  • clear, authentic communication

  • navigating money or in-law concerns

  • dealing with fertility struggles

  • discussing family planning concerns

  • parenting issues

Couples Therapy

Two people holding hands, one with a pearl ring, against a background of a cloudy sky and water at sunset.

“In adulthood, we tend to hold ourselves the way we were held. We internalize what came at us and now we throw it at ourselves. Sometimes, what’s key is not so much a replay of exactly how you were treated, but how you adapted to how you were treated.”

-Terry Real, founder of Relational Life Therapy (RLT)

Relational Life Therapy (RLT) equips people with the powerful relational skills they need to make love work and cultivate authentic connections—to themselves, each other, and the planet as a whole.