Real Life Community
Continuing Ed Information
12 CEs from September 2023 – February 2024 when enrolled in all 6 months. No partial credit.
For Beginner and Intermediate Mental Health Professionals
Please note that CEs are an additional cost of $40 and can be purchased at the end of the live online program in FEBRUARY 2024 only.
It is the participant’s responsibility to check if their state is approved for CEs through the Specific CE Information below. No refunds will be given on CE purchases for failure to check state approval.
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UPCOMING CEs:
This event is co-sponsored by R. Cassidy Seminars. CEs are available to purchase and until 60 days after the last live call.
Application submitted to offer 12 CEs for September 2023 – February 2024. Further information is listed below.
Credits are for the specific 6 month terms of Real Life only. Credits are not available for single months of participation. NO EXCEPTIONS.
To collect 12 CE credits you must be enrolled and participate in all 12 hours of Real Life programming from September 2023 through February 2024 LIVE.
To collect your certificate once the Feb 2024 monthly program has completed, you will receive an email invitation to purchase the credits for $40, once the fee is paid you’ll follow the instructions to receive your certificate from R. Cassidy Seminars.
There are no exceptions.
Presenter Bio:
Terry Real, LICSW, is an internationally recognized family therapist, speaker, and author. Terry founded the Relational Life Institute (RLI), which offers workshops to couples, individuals, and parents around the country, along with a professional training program for clinicians wanting to learn his RLT (Relational Life Therapy) methodology. Like many, Terry experienced trauma as a child. His commitment to leading both individuals and couples into a more ecological and relational world stems from his desire to avoid repeating the patterns of trauma, sparing his children and helping them live a better life. A family therapist and teacher for more than 30 years, Terry 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. His latest book, US: Getting Past You & Me to Build a More Loving Relationship is a NY Times Bestseller. Terry knows how to lead couples on a step-by-step journey to greater intimacy—and greater personal fulfillment.
Content Description (September 2023 to February 2024):
September 2023 – The 5 Winning Strategies
We’ll discuss the strategies that empower couples to succeed in the critical tasks of getting, giving, and having.
We will explore how we can help clients sustain their connection, including how to equip them with the skills to get what they need in their relationship, give what they can to the relationship, and cherish, grow, and honor all that they have.
October 2023 – Cherishing
Relationships can survive negative reactions (with repair) but they thrive on positive interactions.
We’ll explore how we can support clients in making each other feel cherished to sustain their connection. We’ll look at the five domains of relational intimacy and how to work with our clients to keep those domains alive.
November 2023 – Transmission/Reception Work
Encouraging couples to open up to the other’s efforts and receive positive changes in behavior is a common challenge which we will explore.
How to speak and listen effectively are basic relational skills often lacking in couples. We’ll discuss how we guide our clients in learning the different roles of transmitters (speakers) and receivers (listeners). We’ll consider communication frameworks such as how to make a sincere apology and communicate hurt feelings.
December 2023 – Does Confidence Trump Gender/Race etc.?
One of the most common questions we hear from women and minorities as they learn to practice RLT is whether they can achieve the same kind of cooperation as a white man when they are waking up clients and joining through the truth.
This phase of RLT requires a willingness to confront blatant clients on their dysfunctional behavior in an empathic way. We will explore the barriers that all therapists face in doing this work and engage in conversation, particularly with women and minorities, around their concerns.
January 2024 – Open Mic
This entire month is dedicated to addressing your pressing topics, burning questions, and biggest challenges.
Whether it’s an especially difficult case or an aspect of RLT you’d like more guidance on, this is an open door to ask Terry and the RLT faculty for their insights.
February 2024 – Sex and RLT
Sex is a topic that many clients—and therapists—often find challenging to bring up. We’ll explore how we can be fully prepared to have this discussion with grace, knowledge, and confidence. We’ll consider how we can help our clients with insights without our own biases and assumptions affecting us.
Learning Objectives (Sept 2023 to February 2024):
- Specify how one can hold themselves in warm regard even when they mess up
- Describe how to have healthy boundaries
- Demonstrate speaking up with love and responding non-defensively
- Debate what to do when both partners appear blatant
- Diagnose the impact of inner child work on the other partner
- Identify circumstances where the blatant-blantant framework doesn’t seem appropriate
- Define and diagnose the term Joining through the truth
- Differentiate positive and negative legerage
- Apply the nuances of how to lovingly confront an individual
- Describe the dysfunctional family of origin backstory to a reparenting dialogue
- Formulate a relational diagnosis – where are they stuck?
- Utilize the art of lovingly confronting a client in a way that leaves them feeling more trusting
- Identify the challenge of getting ‘buy-in’ from grandiose women
- Learn to use yourself to amplify the client’s progress, cutting through shame and grandiosity
Content Agenda (Sept 2023 to February 2024)
September 2023 – 5 Winning Stratgies
Call with Kate Harris: Sept 6 from 3-4pm ET
Call with Terry: Sept 14 from 12-1pm ET
Advanced Call with Terry: Sept 26 from 12pm-1pm ET
Call with Desirae: Sept 28 from 11am to 12pm ET
Business Call: TBD
October 2023 – Cherishing
Call with Terry Real: October 3 from 12-1pm ET
Call with Julie Rudiger: October 5 from 12-1pm ET
Advanced Call with Terry: October 17 from 12pm-1pm ET
Call with Kate: October 25 from 3-4pm ET
Business Call: TBD
November 2023 – Transmission/Reception Work
Call with Anna Sterk: Nov 1 from 11am-12pm ET
Call with Terry: Nov 9 from 12-1pm ET
Call with Julie: Nov 15 from 12pm-1pm ET
Advanced Call with Terry: Nov 21 from 12pm-1pm ET
Business Call: TBD
December 2023 – Does Competence Trum Gender/Race etc.?
Call with Terry Real: December 4 from 12-1pm ET
Call with Desirae Ysasi: December 7 from 11am-12pm ET
Call with Cathy Hill: December 19 from 12pm-1pm ET
Advanced Call with Terry: December 21 from 12pm-1pm ET
Business Call: TBD
January 2024 – Open Mic
Call Dates TBD
February 2024 – Sex and RLT
Call Dates TBD
Cost:
This monthly membership costs $67 per month OR annual option available for $499
Policies:
For questions or concerns, please send an email to support@terryreal.com.
Commercial Support Disclaimer
This program is provided solely by the Relational Life Institute and it’s teachers. There is no conflict of interest for this program.
Cancellation Policy
There is a 48 hour initial refund policy from the date you purchase the program.
Once the 48 hour refund period has passed, members will no longer be eligible for a refund but may cancel their subscription at any time. It is the member’s responsibility to cancel their subscription two days before their monthly payment date. You can find your monthly payment date on your first invoice. Refunds will not be given for failure to cancel two days before your monthly payment date. If you cancel you will lose access to all content immediately.
You may also temporarily pause your account for 30 days. This can only be used once per account. To pause, click here.
If you need additional help please send an email to support@terryreal.com.
Specific CE Information:
The Application for 12 CE credits with the Boards below has been submitted.
Satisfactory Completion
Participants must have paid tuition fee plus CE fee of $40, attended the entire seminar, and completed an evaluation in order to receive a certificate. Failure to complete any of these requirements will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates available after satisfactory course completion at www.ceuregistration.com
Psychologists
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0018. 12 contact hour.
Social Workers
IL-SWs: Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation, Approved Continuing Education Sponsor, #159.000785. 12 CE hour.
MN: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the Minnesota Board of Social Work, CEP #2281 approval 12/27/22 – 12/27/23. 12 CE hour.
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider (#0006) of continuing education for licensed social workers. This program is approved for 12 contact hour.
OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for 12 clock hour, #RCST110701
Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists
IL-MFTs: Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation, Approved Continuing Education Sponsor, #168-000141. 12 hour.
NY-LMHCs: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0015. 12 contact hour.
NY-LMFTs: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0011. 12 contact hour.
OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for 12 clock hour, #RCST110701
TX: Approved CE Sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists. Provider #151 12 CE hour.
Creative Arts Therapists
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists, #CAT-0005. 12 contact hour.
Chemical Dependency Counselors
CA: Provider approved by CCAPP, Provider #4N-00-434-0224 for 1vCEH. CCAPP is an ICRC member which has reciprocity with most ICRC member states
TX: Provider approved by the TCBAP Standards Committee, Provider No. 1749-06, 12 hour general. Expires 1/31/24. Complaints about provider or workshop content may be directed to the TCBAP Standards Committee, 1005 Congress Avenue, Ste. 460, Austin, Texas 78701, Fax Number (515) 476-7597.
Educators
TX: R. Cassidy Seminars is an approved provider with the Texas Education Agency CPE# 501456. This course is 12 CE hour.
Nurses
CA: Provider approved by the CA Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CeP15554, for 12 contact hour
Dentists
CA: R. Cassidy Seminars is a provider approved by the Dental Board of California as a registered provider of continuing education. RP# 4874 12 CE hour.
Disability Access – If you require ADA accommodations please contact our office 30 days Or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.
Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often And while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions Or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.