Why I Chose RLT Couples Counseling I was done. Done sitting in sessions listening to two people talk past each other while I nodded politely. Done handing out techniques that sound great in theory – and collapse the moment the next argument hits at home. Done pretending that every conflict is just "a matter of perspective" when one person is doing something that's actively destroying the relationship. Then I discovered the RLT approach (Relational Life Therapy) by Terry Real