Relational-Cultural Theory is a practice. Let’s practice it together.
BLOOMINGTON CENTER FOR CONNECTIONAt BCC, learning, play, creating, advocacy, and healing are all ways we put connection into practice. We make space to learn the ideas, practice them in relationship, and grow together—with courage, care, and room to be human.
2018 RCT Summit — left to right: Beverly Calender-Anderson, Mary Ann Macklin, Amy Makice, Maureen Walker, and Tamara Brown.
BCC at 50 Years of RCT
BCC team members will be participating and presenting at an International Center for Growth in Connection gathering marking 50 years of Relational-Cultural Theory. Read about it and find ways to keep exploring and practicing RCT with us.
Heal in connection
Relational-Cultural Therapy makes connection part of healing. BCC offers affirming, relational-cultural care in Bloomington for individuals, couples, families, and groups—including opportunities to use play, sand tray, and relational role-playing when they fit.
Our therapists are ready to work with you to address trauma, depression, anxiety, isolation, relationship struggles, and more.
We have clinicians ready to help couples and families of any shape repair, reconnect, and create authentic relationships.
Practice RCT together
The Relational-Cultural Learning Circle is a place for therapists to learn and practice RCT in in real time, in connection. Small cohorts are the heart of the experience. Deepen your relational skills in the safety of a group of clinicians committed to growing together.
Each meeting includes clear explanations of select RCT terms as well as applications to life and therapy.
Enrollment is open, and CE trainings, recordings, practical resources, and consultation opportunities can still make membership worthwhile when cohort times do not fit your schedule.
Play in connection
Play gives us room to try new ways of relating, risk authenticity, and imagine possibilities together.
Explore relational games, creative tools, and shared experiences that build resilience, challenge isolating cultural forces, and put Relational-Cultural Theory into practice.
Our unique approach to therapeutic Role Playing Games, Relational Role Playing, offers a playful opportunity to explore new ways of relating to challenges in your life. Appropriate for those who have never played a role-playing game as well as experienced gamers.
Meet the BCC team
BCC clinicians bring Relational-Cultural Theory into evidence-based, gender-affirming care. Our team understands that people grow through and toward connection, and that culture can create real barriers to it.
BCC is also a home for clinical training and supervision in Relational-Cultural Therapy. Meet the BCC team.
RCT Toybox
The RCT Toybox is a 48-card learning tool that defines, illustrates, and connects core Relational-Cultural Theory concepts through BCC’s art and playful practice.
The 50th-anniversary edition includes new cards inspired by ideas from Maureen Walker’s When Getting Along Is Not Enough, Nathaniel Smith’s Queering Connection, and BCC’s 2024 Play Summit.
Keep practicing RCT with us
Begin with our plain-language introduction, then follow the ideas into play, healing, and community.