“Learn the relationship skills we should have been taught, but weren’t. – Dr. Becky Whetstone.
Relationships fail because we don’t have the skills to do them right, and it’s not our fault.
Finally, a place to learn about relationships… Dr. Becky Whetstone’s Relationship University.
A learning community of classes, resources, conversation, interaction, connection, and support.
Learn how healthy relationships actually work.
Practical relationship education for real people, real relationships, and real life.
Most of us were never taught how to have a healthy relationship.
We learned by watching our parents, stumbling through our own experiences, getting hurt, making mistakes — and trying to figure things out as we went along.
Relationship University changes that.
Join Dr. Becky Whetstone for ongoing classes and conversations about the things every adult should know about relationships — but almost no one was ever taught.
$39/month tuition for the first 39 founding members • Cancel anytime
No therapy. No judgment. Just education, insight, and practical tools you can use immediately.
Don’t wait until things are falling apart to learn about relationship dynamics. You needed to know these things yesterday.
The best defense against depression, anxiety, marriage crisis, separation, divorce, family dysfunction, estrangements, unhealthy friendships, and dealing with co-workers is knowledge. It is the best protection from heartache and heartbreak, and all unhealthy relationships.
What you’ll learn:
Relationship University explores the emotional and relationship skills that affect virtually everything we do with other people.
Self-esteem
Understand the difference between healthy self-worth, toxic shame, and superiority — and why healthy self-esteem begins with understanding that human value is inherent.
Boundaries
Learn about the two kinds of boundaries and how to protect yourself without controlling other people — and how to restrain yourself from invading their emotional or physical boundaries.
Conflict
Understand why couples get stuck in repetitive cycles and what emotionally healthy people do differently when they disagree.
Reality & perception
Learn how your history, beliefs, fears, and insecurities affect the way you interpret what’s happening around you — and why two people can experience the same event completely differently.
Dependency & interdependence
Explore the difference between unhealthy dependence, anti-dependence, and healthy interdependence — being able to need, want, give, receive, and stand on your own two feet.
Marriage & long-term relationships
Learn what makes relationships work, what slowly destroys them, how resentment develops, why people emotionally detach, and what couples can do before a problem becomes a crisis.
Moderation & self-control
Learn how healthy adults balance spontaneity and freedom with responsibility, restraint, and self-control.
Communication
Learn what good communication actually looks like — including listening, speaking honestly, managing defensiveness, and staying out of destructive communication patterns.
And much more.
We’ll talk about attachment, emotional maturity, family-of-origin issues, raising children, stepfamilies, anger and all emotions, trust, resentment, intimacy, divorce, separation, choosing partners, difficult people, dysfunctional patterns, and the psychology behind everyday relationship problems.
Think of it as Continuing Education for Your Personal Life.
Live classes twice a month.
Becky has subjects prepared to present that everyone will benefit from knowing. Classes are recorded and stored in our library for viewing at any time.
Resources
We source articles, studies, videos, and readings to enhance your learning experience.
Reflective exercises.
Each class has worksheets prepared by Becky to deepen your understanding of what we are talking about and how it relates to you.
Community support and interaction
Visit with other relationship-interested individuals to discuss your struggles, successes, and what you’ve learned.
Interact with the professor.
Ask Dr. Becky questions and tell her what you want to know more about. Let her support you in a safe environment.
Change your life.
What you learn will change your life and all your relationships.
Relationship University may be for you if…
This isn’t couples therapy.
And you don’t have to be in trouble to join.
Relationship University is education.
You can come because your marriage is struggling.
You can come because your relationship is good and you’d like to keep it that way.
You can come because you’re single and want to understand your patterns before your next relationship.
You can come because you’re divorced and want to understand what happened.
Or you can come simply because human relationships fascinate you.
You don’t have to bring or include your partner.
In fact, one person learning to relate differently can change the dynamics of an entire relationship.
Meet your professor.
Dr. Becky Whetstone is a marriage and family therapist, author, blog writer, and the creator of the Marriage Crisis Management intervention. One of the goals of her Relationship University is to prevent unhappy marriages and marriage crises.
She has 26 years of experience as a therapist, and 15 years prior to that, she worked as a relationship influencer and writer. She believes the lack of information and knowledge about relationship dynamics is the number one reason people struggle in their lives.
She has trained with Pia Mellody, author of Facing Codependency, and Terry Real, creator of Relational Life Therapy and author of several books, including one of Becky’s favorites for couples, Fierce Intimacy (an audiobook).
Relationship University is a way for her to teach you everything she has learned that has made such a difference in her and the lives of thousands of others.