Desirae Ysasi, LPC-S, RLT

Desirae Ysasi is a Licensed Professional Counselor/Supervisor with nearly two decades of experience specializing in relationship counseling. Based in San Antonio, Texas, she has dedicated her career to helping couples and individuals foster healthier, more fulfilling relationships. Since 2006, she has worked exclusively with couples in romantic relationships, individuals navigating non-traditional relationship structures (ethical non monogamy), and adults seeking to improve family dynamics.

A passionate advocate for relational health, Desirae became a Certified Relational Life Therapist (RLT) in 2018 after training directly under Terry Real, the founder of Relational Life Therapy. Her deep expertise in this model led to her joining the faculty of the Relational Life Institute in 2022. She now serves as Director of Training & Certification at the Relational Life Institute, overseeing the global RLT certification program and mentoring therapists and coaches worldwide.

In addition to her leadership role, Desirae Ysasi has maintained a thriving private practice. Since 2014, she has been the owner of Ysasi Counseling, providing expert therapy to clients across Texas. In fall 2024, she expanded her practice by launching Relational Life Texas, a virtual therapy group practice specializing in RLT. It’s mission is to make relationship therapy more accessible across the state. She offers both traditional therapy sessions and intensive two-day couples therapy, providing clients with transformative, results-driven care.

Recognized for her compassionate, direct, and engaging approach, Desirae works with individuals from diverse cultural, spiritual, and relational backgrounds. This includes those in monogamous and non-traditional partnerships. She is deeply committed to empowering her clients with the tools they need to build authentic, connected, and fulfilling relationships.

Beyond her professional work, Desirae Ysasi is an avid reader, gardener, and yoga enthusiast. She enjoys exploring her beloved San Antonio with family and dear friends, embracing the vibrant culture, food, and community that make it her home.

Financial Disclosures: Desirae Ysasi receives a speaking honorarium from Leading Edge Seminars Inc.

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Shari Karp

28 April 2026

Dr. Fletcher’s Ethical Private Practice course was informative, engaging, and highly relevant to the realities of private practice. She is clearly knowledgeable and presents the material in a practical, approachable way. I’ve already made changes in my own practice based on what I learned in the course. I would recommend it to therapists in private practice.

victoria bowman

1 April 2026

Really enjoyed the Jamie Marich EMDR Made Simple workshop, I just attended at Leading Edge. It was scholarly and entertaining and compassionate. I would highly recommend it.

Suzanne Clancy

15 February 2026

“Attended Carrie Traher's course, 'Grief and Trauma in Clinical Practice: Tools & Strategies for Evidence-Based Care' through Leading Edge Seminars. Carrie's delivery, was masterful; you could feel what it might be like to be in session with her helping someone stuck in their Grief... she certainly helped me understand mine on a whole new level. This inforation provided was a clear, evidence-based framework for working confidently and compassionately with clients whose grief is intertwined with trauma. I cannot recommend this training highly enough, it's a game changer!”

denise lawee

2 February 2026

I have attended Leading Edge programs for years. The topics are creative and the trainers are usually extremely skilled or they do not have them back again!! Never disappointed.

Patricia Barry

22 December 2025

I have attended Leading Edge Seminars for many years for continuing education related to understanding and treating patients with mental health problems. High quality experienced speakers addressing a wide variety of timely topics are available live or recorded for reasonable prices. Their courses are accredited with major professional organizations. Most recently, I found a presentation by Robert Solomon: Legal Issues In Counselling to be excellent. In my opinion it would be of value for training new clinicians as well as updating practicing mental health professionals. Pertinent legal topics such as Consent, Capacity, Substitute Consent, and Negligence were clearly addressed with updated information, excellent references and adequate opportunity to ask questions. Very well done; very interesting. I do not hesitate to recommend Leading Edge Seminars to physicians, social workers and other professionals who deal with mental health issues in their practices.

Luis F Goncalves

17 November 2025

Just attended: Navigating Retirement for Therapists with Integrity and Compassion" with Lynn Grodzki and Margaret Wehrenberg. It was very informative, pertinent and insightful. As usual, a workshop on the 'leading edge' of developments in our field.

Theresa Casteels

11 November 2025

So glad I attended the Retirement workshop with Leading Edge! The presenter's conceptualization of the process combining Stages of Change with Attachment Theory was a highly useful lens. It helped to place me solidly in Preparation for retirement which felt grounding. It will be very helpful to consider not only my client's attachment style, but my own as well. Also, new was to consider this termination process as a "forced" ending for clients. I thought of it like someone going though a break-up but it not being their idea. I also got some helpful ideas about what to add to my Professional will. Thank you!

Cheryl Berto

9 October 2025

I just attended Deb Dana's course, 'Polyvagal Theory in Clinical Practice: Healing Trauma Through Nervous System Regulation' through Leading Edge Seminars. Deb has brought into the therapy room the insights and understanding of our nervous system from the scientific work of Stephen Porges (Polyvagal Theory). It is another wonderful way to help guide clients out of survival-driven patterns and into states of safety and engagement. I highly recommend this course and anything that Deb Dana puts out to the world!

Sheryl. Trachter

6 October 2025

“I just attended Adrian Fletcher's course'Dissociative Identity Disorder in Clinical Practice: A Trauma-Informed Guide for Mental Health Professionals' through Leading Edge Seminars. The insights into how to build a more accurate, compassionate, and trauma-informed understanding of DID in my practice together with her own lived experience through diagnosis and therapy really deepened my competency in trauma-informed care. I highly recommend this course!”

Eric Lukacs

4 October 2025

I took the Supervisors Course - Already making use of it in my clinic. Very practical