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A Relational Life

In-Person
1.5 CE Hour
Clinical

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    In-Person

Location

  • Pacific B
    Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort
    Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Description

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Michelle Esrick and renowned therapist and best-selling author Terry Real come together for an inspiring conversation on living “A Relational Life.” Michelle, a longtime advocate for trauma-informed care and whose work examines the power of love and connection as the most potent tool in healing trauma, has been filming Terry’s personal journey and groundbreaking Relational Life Therapy for several years. The result, a searing and illuminating docuseries revealing that when we are relational we can live in a state of authentic connection to one’s self, to those we love, to others, to nature, and to spirit. 

 

Having forged a powerful friendship through the making of this series, Michelle and Terry will explain what Relational Life Therapy is and draw on their personal experiences to discuss how these skills have impacted their own lives and their relationships. They will share a wider view of the price we pay as a society for our toxic individualism and patriarchy and a vision for a society that is based on love, justice and respect. Their unique dynamic, full of humor and vulnerability and depth is sure to provide profound insights about the transformative power of love and the healing potential of authentic human connection.

Target Audience
  • • Counselor
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Nurses
  • • Physicians
  • • Social Worker
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the core principles and techniques of Relational Life Therapy (RLT).

  • Describe how to manage power dynamics within intimate relationships.

  • Identify at least 3 practical skills for fostering connection and intimacy in challenging relationships.

  • Summarize the impact of relational skills on personal transformation and community well-being.

References

  • Gottman, J. (2000). Seven principles for making marriage work. Three Rivers Press.

  • Hendrix, H. Getting the love you want: A guide for couples.

  • Mellody, P. (1992). Facing love addiction: Giving yourself the power to change the way you love. Harper San Francisco.

  • Real, T. (1997). I don’t want to talk about it: Overcoming the secret legacy of male depression. Scribner.

  • Real, T. (2002). How can I get through to you: Reconnecting men and women. Scribner.

  • Real, T. (2007). New rules of marriage. Ballantine Books.

  • Real, T. (2012). Joining through the truth. The Psychotherapy Networker Magazine, 36-61.

  • Real, T. (2018). Fierce intimacy [Audio]. Sounds True. https://www.soundstrue.com/products/fierce-intimacy

  • Real, T. (2022). Us: Getting past me & you to build a more loving relationship. Good Press & Random House.

Clinical
Counselor

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Marriage & Family Therapist

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Nurses

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and TPN.health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 1.5 ANCC contact hours.

Physicians

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and TPN.health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Professions in scope for this activity are listed below. Amedco Joint Accreditation Provider Number: 4008163. Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Worker

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 Clinical continuing education credits. ASWB ACE Credit is not available in NY and NJ.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Counseling Services

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Exchange Events. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Michelle Esrick

Michelle Esrick is an award-winning filmmaker and sought after speaker whose storytelling weaves together narratives that transcend the surface and touch the depths of the human experience. Michelle understands and feels great empathy for people at profoundly deep and dark places because in her own dark nights of the soul, she has been there. As a trauma survivor and recovering addict for nearly four decades, Michelle is passionate about using her own story and how she has recovered herself as a way to connect and help others know they are not alone. She has come to know the power of love and connection as the most potent tool in healing trauma and the salve for getting us through it all. Love and connection will boost your immune system and are essential to our healing, to being a full, rounded human being. 

 

Her current project, a Docuseries about renowned therapist and best selling author Terry Real, is a searing and illuminating look at his groundbreaking Relational Life Therapy. The series will reveal how living in a state of authentic connection to oneself, to those we love, to other people, to nature and to spirit is essential to our survival. The series also features Black Therapists Rock founder Deran Young, collective trauma expert Thomas Hubl and legendary feminist, psychologist Carol Gilligan. 

 

Michelle’s last film, Cracked Up, The Darrell Hammond Story, focuses on the impact of childhood trauma, and was instrumental in getting a bipartisan law passed in the US Congress to implement trauma-informed care into treatment centers around the country. In May 2020, Michelle produced one of the first trauma-informed web series, Cracked Up,The Evolving Conversation with Bessel van der Kolk, Darrell Hammond, Gabor Mate, V (formerly Eve Ensler) and Jane Fonda. In 2023, Michelle received the Mental Health Hero of The Year Award from Didi Hirsch Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Services, along with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Secretary of State Xavier Becerra. Michelle and her producing partner, Keith Garde, speak around the country including Berklee College of Music, a business of entertainment course entitled What Would Love Do?

Terry Real, LICSW

Terry Real is an internationally recognized family therapist, speaker, and best-selling author committed to helping you build the lasting, loving relationships you deserve.

The author of four books, including the recent New York Times bestseller Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship, Terry knows how to lead people on a step-by-step journey to greater intimacy and personal fulfillment.

His revolutionary approach to couples therapy, Relational Life Therapy (RLT), underpins all his books, courses, and teachings. RLT equips people with the powerful relational skills they need to make love work and cultivate authentic connections—to themselves, each other, and the planet as a whole.

A former 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. His extraordinary ability to save couples on the brink of divorce garnered Terry the reputation of “the turnaround guy,” and demand from other therapists to learn his RLT method skyrocketed.

To bring the remarkable results of RLT to as many people as possible, Terry established his Relational Life Institute. To date, thousands of mental health practitioners have benefited from a whole new perspective on couples therapy that has transformed their clients, their practice, and their own relationships.

Terry is passionately committed to empowering us all with the essential relational skills for meaningful relationships.

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