Terry Real
Family therapist and founder of Relational Life Therapy. Author of I Don't Want to Talk About It, How Can I Get Through to You? and Us; argues that Western individualism is what makes couples' work hard.
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Where they publish
terryreal.comBlog His site and articles: Relational Life Therapy, couples, and men.
Articles and excerpts on Relational Life Therapy — the argument that the self-contained individual is a myth, that character can change fast when the implicit is made explicit, and what that means for couples and for men.
Recent
- Feeling Lonely in a Relationship? Why It Happens and How to Reconnect 13 Aug 2026
- The Myth of the Individual 11 Aug 2023
- [Video] Terry Real in Conversation with Thomas Hübl 1 May 2023
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- Coming Back From Infidelity: How To Heal After An Affair 1 May 2023
- [Video] How To Get More Of What You Want From Your Relationship 1 May 2023
- Black Therapists Rock and RLT: A Partnership for Diversity in Couples Therapy 1 May 2023
- [Video] Patriarchy Now: Watch the webinar replay 1 May 2023
- Interview with Carol Gilligan: The Origins of Relational Life Therapy 1 May 2023
- The Best Men Can Be: Reflecting on the Infamous Gillette Ad 15 Mar 2023
- Learning to Live a Non-Violent Life 15 Mar 2023
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Beliefs
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Character is not fixed: therapy works because habitual neural pathways can re-form, sometimes within minutes.
In my practice, I have seen that opening neural pathways can lead to profound change, to brand-new traits and behavior, sometimes in a matter of minutes.
The Myth of the Individual Said 11 Aug 2023
Opening a fixed relational pattern takes two things: the implicit made explicit, and the person's own recoil from what they see.
Neurobiologists tell us that it takes two things to unlock and open up a neural pathway. The first is that the implicit must be made explicit. Sometimes you need help seeing what you don't see. But you must be open to the feedback. Second, there must be some sort of recoil, a sense of discrepancy, of "Oh no, I'm not sure I really want to keep doing that."
The Myth of the Individual Said 11 Aug 2023
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