Greenville Bootcamp
Safeguarding LGBTQ+ Relationships in Challenging Times
In times of uncertainty, one truth remains:the relationships we cultivate—our chosen family, our partners, our friends, our community—are the bedrock of our strength.Historically, LGBTQ+ and Black communities have turned to each other, reclaiming love, safety, and security in the face of adversity. And now, it’s your turn to reclaim yours!
May 24–25, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Greenville, South Carolina
Join us for a transformative LGBTQ+ Relational Bootcamp designed to help you build stronger, more secure relationships. This immersive two-day experience will provide you with practical tools to create deeper connection and foster the kind of relationships that thrive even in challenging times. Through the relational skills of Relational Life Therapy, this bootcamp will reignite, within your closest relationships, the resilience and relational strength that LGBTQ+ and Black communities have carried for generations. Learn to transform adversity into deeper bonds, cultivate unwavering trust, and build relationships that serve as both a sanctuary and a source of power.
Who Is This For?
Who Is This For?
Who Is This For?
This bootcamp is specifically designed for LGBTQ+ individuals and partners wanting a space that acknowledges their unique experiences alongside allies and mental health providers wanting to support efforts to build and protect safe and secure relationships for all.
Whether you are ready to strengthen current relationships, navigate new challenges or seeking deeper connections, this experience will help you create the safety and security you deserve.
Together you will learn ways to cultivate more meaningful relationships, overcome barriers to intimacy, and learn more about relational living through Relational Life Therapy.
Why Now?
Who Is This For?
Who Is This For?
In a world where so much feels uncertain, your relationships can be your sanctuary. But security in relationships doesn’t happen by chance—it’s something we build. This bootcamp is your opportunity to invest in yourself and your relationships, ensuring that no matter what life throws your way, you have a foundation of trust and support to rely on.
What You’ll Gain
Who Is This For?
What You’ll Gain
- Protect Your Relationship from External Stressors – Gain insight into how minority pressures, discrimination, and systemic oppression impacts your relationships and how to fortify your bond against these forces.
- Build Emotional Safety – Learn to create secure bonds that make you feel seen, valued, and protected from external factors.
- Deepen Your Communication – Practice tools for honest, respectful, and effective conversations within your relationships that strengthen your resilience together.
- Reclaim Your Power – Step into the legacy of resilience and relational strength that LGBTQ+ and Black communities have carried for generations by making your relationships a source of unwavering support.
Together in two days (9 am-5 pm):
We will cultivate a practice for connection that will remain a guiding compass throughout both the length and the width of all of your relationships!
CLAIM YOUR SPOT TODAY! Once you have requested registration, you will receive confirmation and details, within 1-2 business days.
*Sliding scale options are available to increase access and eliminate barriers to relational growth. Email me at lisarivers@counselingmail.com to explore options.
Meet Your Facilitator:
Lisa Rivers
Hello! My name is Lisa Rivers (she/they). I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist certified in Relational Life Therapy and Relationship Skills Bootcamps. I am a dedicated advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, with a long history of grassroots activism and philanthropy aimed at fostering safety, inclusion, and empowerment within the community. With years of experience in Relational Life Therapy, I have worked to help LGBTQ+ individuals, partners, and families build stronger, more resilient relationships. My work extends beyond therapy, actively supporting organizations that fight for LGBTQ+ equality, mental health access, and community-building initiatives. Passionate about creating spaces where love and authenticity thrive, I bring a unique blend of professional expertise and lived experience to this transformative bootcamp.
Frequently Asked Questions
Kindly arrive between 8:45-9am. The registration desk will be easily visible, and we will assist you with check-in and provide you with your name badge. Upon entry, you will be directed where to store any belongings and enjoy refreshments before the first talk scheduled to start at 9:30am. The bootcamp ends each day between 4:30 - 5:30pm.
Terry Real, LICSW, is an internationally recognized family therapist, bestselling author, and sought-after speaker.
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 is renowned for his ability to save couples on the brink of divorce using the progressive approach he created, Relational Life Therapy. RLT equips people with the powerful relational skills they need to cultivate meaningful connections—to themselves, each other, and the planet as a whole.
Via his esteemed training school, the Relational Life Institute, Terry has trained thousands of mental health practitioners in his RLT method to date, including the senior RLT therapists running this workshop.
Yes—participation is essential for you to get the maximum knowledge and benefit from the experience. You may come alone or with your partner.
We understand that schedules can be challenging. If you can't make the dates for this bootcamp, don't worry. We offer future workshops and will notify you of upcoming dates. We only run bootcamps twice per year, and so we encourage you to register now so you don’t have to wait.
Please email lisarivers@counselingmail.com
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