Cultivating Intimate Connection: Helping Clients Find Refuge in Changing Times

You will learn—

• The evolutionary roots of preoccupation with status, social comparison, and self-evaluation
• Techniques to shift toward an experiential rather than narrative self
• Practices to soften the inner critic
• Methods to catch ourselves in the act of seeking self-esteem boosts to ward off feelings of inadequacy
• Tools to free you and your clients to act more skillfully by becoming less concerned with self-evaluation
• Techniques to move from self-preoccupation to an appreciation of common humanity
• Ways to help couples and others open to vulnerability, intimacy and connect more deeply with one another

Terry Real is an internationally recognized family therapist, speaker, and author. Terry founded the Relational Life Institute (RLI), offering workshops for couples, individuals, and parents across the United States. He also offers a professional training program for clinicians wanting to learn his RLT (Relational Life Therapy) methodology. These changing times have made Terry’s RLT even more meaningful, as many of us seek to build connections and intimacy in this shifting reality.

Terry Real has been a family therapist and teacher for more than 25 years. He is the best-selling author of I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression, the straight-talking How Can I Get Through to You? Reconnecting Men and Women,

and most recently The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Make Love Work. Terry knows how to lead couples on a step-by-step journey to greater intimacy and greater personal fulfilment.

As 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. Through his books, the Institute, and workshops around the country, he helps people create the connection and intimacy they desire in their relationships. Terry’s work takes on a rigorous, common-sense approach and is highly relevant for cultivating human connections during today’s changing times. His insights have been shared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, 20/20, Oprah and in The New York Times.

Terry Real is joined by Dr. Ron Siegel for what promises to be an enlightening exploration of intimacy. As a part-time assistant professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School for over 35 years, Ron is also a student of mindfulness meditation. He serves on the Board of Directors and faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. He also teaches internationally about mind-body medicine and the application of mindfulness and compassion practices in psychotherapy and other fields. Ron’s insights will add a fresh perspective to Terry’s discussion on ways to build intimacy in a rapidly shifting reality.

Dr. Siegel has edited and written several books, including the critically acclaimed professional text Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition. He also authored The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems, Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy. Ron’s step-by-step self-treatment guide, Back Sense, integrates mindfulness, aggressive rehabilitation, and mind-body approaches to treat chronic back and neck pain.

Dr. Siegel has also created courses. These include The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being produced by The Great Courses and Healing Through Mindfulness: Effective Practices for Chronic Health Conditions produced by Sounds True.

This training offers 3 hours of direct contact (not counting breaks or lunch). It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards/regulatory body to verify CE requirements for their license to practice.

For Live Broadcast Attendees

Webinar attendance by participants is automatically tracked, documented and archived for future reference. Upon confirming you have attended 100% of the webinar and upon completion of a course evaluation, you will be issued a certificate of participation (see below).

For Attendees of On Demand/Recorded Version

If you cannot verify 100% attendance of the Live Broadcast or if you are watching the On Demand/recorded version of this webinar, you will need to complete a Post-Webinar Quiz with a pass of at least 80% in order to verify your attendance.

For US Participants

• Instructions on how obtaining your Certificate of Attendance will be distributed either upon completion of the Live Broadcast or after participants pass the Post-Webinar Quiz following the On Demand recorded version of the webinar.

For more general info about CEs for US Participants, please click here.  

For Canadian and International participants

Upon fulfillment of the above requirements, Canadian and international participants will be issued a Certificate of Participation which features:

• Name of Participant
• Title of Training
• Name of Presenter plus their credentials
• Number of hours of training
• Date of training
• Confirmation that you have passed a quiz with at least 80% grade to verify your attendance

Please check carefully with your regulating body/organization that this certificate is sufficient proof for you to claim CEUs.

For general information about Continuing Education for Canadians and International participants, please click here.  

This training is aimed at all mental health professionals including:

• social workers
• counsellors
• psychologists
• psychiatrists
• medical professionals supporting mental health patients
• psychotherapists
• mental health counsellors
• marriage and family therapists and counsellors
• occupational therapists
• vocational rehabilitation therapists
• addiction counsellors
• religious counsellors
• therapists
• case managers
• art therapists
• licensed professional counsellors
• all other professionals who would like to develop, update or expand their skills and knowledge in mental health practices