The Relationship Grid is the cornerstone of Terry Real’s relational work. It helps you identify the exact stance you take when things get hard in your relationship – whether you shut down, lash out, over-give, or take too much control.
It also shows you where your partner tends to go. And why, the same fight keeps happening… even if the topic changes.
When under stress, we all fall into a predictable quadrant:
These aren’t character flaws. They’re just patterned reactions – learned in childhood, triggered in adulthood.
This quiz shows you your quadrant – and how to return to the center of health.
“I felt so seen. I sent this quiz to my husband, and it opened a completely new kind of conversation.”
~ Natalie Cox
The results in this assessment will lead you towards the path of living a truly relational life so you can build a more loving connection with yourself, with others, and with the world.
If even one of these sounds familiar… you’re about to uncover the pattern beneath it.
These aren’t just behaviors – they’re evidence of a pattern you’ve been stuck in for years.
This quiz helps you name it – and start shifting it. For good.
Terry Real is a bestselling author and the founder of Relational Life Therapy (RLT). For over 30 years, he’s helped individuals and couples break free from toxic patterns and build deeply connected, fiercely loving relationships.
At the heart of Terry’s method is a profound truth: most of us are still living out survival strategies we learned as children that now sabotage our closeness and ability to meaningfully repair.
Terry offers both a map and a sophisticated toolkit to move beyond these losing strategies and practice the powerful relational skills needed to make love work. Only then can people live a truly relational life in deep connection – to themselves, each other, and the planet as a whole.
A former senior faculty member of the Family Institute of Cambridge in Massachusetts, Terry is the author of four books, including the recent New York Times bestseller Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship.
His original insights on couples therapy, relationships, and men’s issues have been featured in outlets from Oprah and Vogue to Psychotherapy Networker and CNN.
Terry’s tools have changed the lives of thousands – and earned trust across the most respected stages and platforms in the world.
This isn’t just a quiz. It’s a mirror – and a map forward.