Working With Me

Relational Life Therapy (RLT), developed by Terry Real, is a direct, action-oriented therapy designed to break dysfunctional patterns and foster authentic connection. Unlike traditional neutral therapy, RLT therapists take sides, hold partners accountable, and directly address power imbalances. It focuses on fostering intimacy, personal accountability, and emotional intelligence to create lasting change.

Most self-development work builds insight. This builds behavioral change. The goal isn't just to understand your patterns better; it's to catch them in real time and respond differently. That's a skill. It can be learned.

No. But you do need to be stable enough to do relational work. If you're in crisis, therapy comes first. If you're functional but burned out, stuck, or don't know where to go next, this is the work.

You can always stop. The minimum commitment is a container, not a trap. My work is relational, so we will communicate about how we're doing and you can make decisions based on that.

You'll notice it in the moments that used to derail you. The email you didn't send. The conversation you stayed in instead of shutting down. The thing you said out loud that you'd normally have swallowed.