Getting in the MUD
Growth-fostering relationships require a willingness to step into the unknown together. RCT provides tools and support to help couples lean into this messiness, understanding that vulnerability is a pathway to deeper connection.
Relational Boundaries
Boundaries: A Place of Meeting, Not Separation In the framework of Relational-Cultural Therapy (RCT), boundaries are reimagined. No longer something that you might “set” on someone, they become a matter of stating your own limits. Instead of rigid lines that separate us, boundaries are places of meeting—flexible, responsive spaces where… Read More »Relational Boundaries
The Central Relational Paradox
Relational-Cultural Therapy combats the central relational paradox by creating relationships where individuals can bring their full selves into connection, fostering healing through mutual empathy and authenticity.
One True Thing
One True Thing offers a way to navigate challenging conversations and disagreements without sacrificing integrity, shutting down, or lashing out.
CARE Assessment
The CARE assessment, by Dr. Amy Banks, is a practical way to apply Relational-Cultural Therapy to your life by answering 20 short questions.
Supported Vulnerability
Supported Vulnerability is a foundational concept in RCT. It refers to the conditions that allow emotional risks within a relationship, trusting the other person to respond with empathy and acceptance.
Mutual Meltdowns
We are tired. We need healing. It’s likely we’ve lost people, dreams, cherished ways of being, and not been held in our grief because we were all too busy surviving. Slow down. It’s impossible to rush wellness. Lean into each other. Allow ourselves to mourn together, to mutually hold each other. Trust that allowing mutuality leads to healing. We are in collective pain, and the antidote is messy, authentic, mutuality.
Five Good Things
A Growth Fostering Relationship is marked by the Five Good Things. Coined by Jean Baker Miller in her transformational book, Toward a New Psychology of Women. These are the qualities of a relationship that creates fulfillment and counters inauthenticity and inequity. They include: