Relationship Program
The Relationship program is for those who want professional help for building a healthy relationship.
Partners who make a real relationship work have certain skills. They know and practice core interpersonal skills, which allows them to form a relationship that can endure, deepen, and grow.
The Relationship program provides professional help in the following areas:
The Relationship program offers encouragement for those seeking more meaning and healthy closeness in their relationship. A real relationship provides its partners with the opportunity for personal growth, development of the real self, and emotional and spiritual healing.
Dr. Rich Pfeiffer* provides clear explanations, practical skills, insightful background, and a map for the healing journey possible in real relationships.
Learn how to overcome the power of difference and shame, which may threaten the level of your satisfaction. The dynamics of difference and shame have the power to set up the development of a false self. The false self defensively refuses to assert the real self. Overcoming the power of these dynamics is the source of transforming unhealthy wounded relationships and individuals into healthy ones.
- Assertiveness Skills
- Overcoming Your Anger
- Overcoming Your Partner's Anger
- Overcoming Difference and Shame
- Overcoming Your Anxiety
- Conflict Resolution Skills
- Direct Communication Skills
- Listening Skills
Read a recent published article by Dr. Pfeiffer on Relationships and the Integral Approach (PDF)
Richard Pfeiffer, M.Div., Ph.D.
Director/Founder of Growth Central
Individual Psychotherapy Programs for the following: Anger Management, Relationships, Emotional Management, Assertiveness, Anxiety Management, Self Esteem, Stress Management, and Depression.
Richard Pfeiffer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (NY & NJ), an Integral Psychotherapist, and a nationally Certified Anger Management Provider. His clinical psychological and theological training are the foundation for his expertise in helping people work through their core conflicts. He is a Certified Pastoral Psychotherapist having graduated from the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute (NYC). He is a Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC), and a Distinguished Diplomate of the National Anger Management Association (NAMA). An innovator in the development of Integral Psychotherapy, and Emotion Focused Couple Therapy, Dr. Pfeiffer has provided psychotherapeutic services to individuals and couples for over twenty five years. He is the author of eight Real Solution Workbooks and Creating Real Relationships. Dr. Pfeiffer can be contacted at growth@growthgroups.com.
Relationship sessions and consultation
Interested persons may call or e-mail (see contact info below) for an initial session to discuss your particular situation. The Relationship program is most useful for people who are willing to honestly examine and recognize the consequences of their problem.
fee & locations
The Relationship Program fees are $200 per 60 min. session. A variety of payment options are available as well as medical insurance reimbursement.
Online face-to-face Voice/Video sessions are simple and easy. All you need is a webcam and a high speed internet connection, such as DSL or cable. Download a free (Skype 3.8) or free (SightSpeed) Personal account. To begin a Growth Central Online Program, (1) order the appropriate workbook, (2) Click here to arrange by email for your first face-to-face Voice/Video Online Session or call the Growth Central Online Program facility in New York City (212-904-0223).
**SightSpeed has higher quality video and is preferred by Growth Central
The Relationship skills and concepts are developed from the bestselling book by Dr. Pfeiffer:
Creating Real Relationships
Overcoming the Power of Difference and Shame
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ISBN: 1893505138, Hardcover 6"x9", 212 pages, Bestseller, US $34.95
"A superb guide for understanding relationships" - Beverly Evans, Teacher - Phoenix, AZ
"Creating Real Relationships is a remarkable book - the most definitive I have ever read on issues of expressing the real self in relationships." -John Gary, LCSW
"Richard Pfeiffer has developed a quality program for overcoming shame and difference in relationships" - Barbara Burch, M.D. - Chicago, IL.



