Terry Real, LICSW, is an Internationally Recognized Family Therapist, Speaker and Author.听 Terry founded the Relational Life Institute (RLI), offering workshops for couples, individuals and parents around the country along with a professional training program for clinicians wanting to learn his RLT (Relational Life Therapy) methodology.听
A family therapist and teacher for more than 25 years, Terry is the best-selling author of I Don鈥檛 Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression (Scribner), the straight-talking How Can I Get Through to You? Reconnecting Men and Women (Scribner), and most recently The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Make Love Work (Random House).听 Terry knows how to lead couples on a step-by-step journey to greater intimacy 鈥 and greater personal fulfillment.
A senior faculty member of the Family Institute of Cambridge in Massachusetts and a retired Clinical Fellow of the Meadows Institute in Arizona, Terry has worked with thousands of individuals, couples, and fellow therapists.听 Through his books, the Institute, and workshops around the country, Terry helps women and men, parents and non-parents, to help them create the connection they desire in their relationships.听
Terry鈥檚 work, with its rigorous commonsense approach, speaks to both men and women.听 His ideas on men鈥檚 issues and on couple鈥檚 therapy have been celebrated in venues from 听鈥淕ood Morning America鈥, 鈥淭he Today Show鈥 and 鈥20/20鈥, to 鈥淥prah鈥 and The New听 York Times.
A proponent of 鈥渇ull-throttle marriage,鈥 as described in The New Rules of Marriage, Terry has been called 鈥渢he most innovative voice in thinking about and treating men and their relationships in the world today.鈥听
The New York Times book review described Terry鈥檚 work as: 鈥淎 critical contribution to feminist psychology (that) brings the Men鈥檚 movement a significant step forward.鈥听 Robert Bly hailed it as 鈥渕oving onto new ground in both story and song.听 Exhilarating in its honesty.鈥
Terry鈥檚 Relational Life Institute grew out of his extensive and empathic experience.听 He teaches people how to make their relationships work by providing products and services designed to teach the principles of Relational Life鈩, so that everyone can enjoy full respect living and craft a healthy life legacy.
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Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Terrence Real is the founder of Relational Life Institute. He receives royalties as a published author. Terry Real receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and 黑料网, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Terrence Real has no relevant non-financial disclosures.