Real Connections Counseling

Real Connections Counseling Real Connections Counseling is where CoTherapy meets real life—two therapists, one mission: to help both of you feel truly seen, heard, and valued.

Real Connections is your unity-driven, co-therapy, relational company where unity heals through therapy, retreats, intensives, and workshops for couples leveling up, facing pain, illness, infidelity, infertility, communication struggles, unique grief! Relationships are alive, moving, shifting—so let’s practice love that lasts. This is not generic counseling. It’s transformative, team-based healing. Come find the rhythm, the repair, the real. Don’t miss the chance to change everything.

06/02/2026

06/02/2026

Most people don't realize they're being unkind.

A person using a cane walks into a crowded room and immediately starts calculating.

Where can I lean?

How long will I have to stand?

How much energy will this cost?

One simple question can change the entire experience:

"Would you like to move closer to the wall so you have something to lean on?"

Fifteen feet.

A different spot in the room.

A completely different experience.

Small acts of awareness create belonging.

What other invisible accommodations have you learned to notice?

Rick Elgersma
Real Connections Counseling & Coaching
Chronic Pain. Chronic Illness. Relationships.
515-635-1805
realconnectionscounseling.com

05/28/2026

You Cheated On Me, And You Have Wrecked Me!

We make it too easy to get out. To leave. When people around us fail us, we bail... thereby failing them.
But what if the hardest moment of your relationship is actually the doorway to the best version of it?
Failure isn't the end of love. It's where real love gets tested, and proven.

There's a better way. And you can find that better way at Real Connections Counseling & Coaching.

Come be a part of us.


05/26/2026

We asked real couples how they handle money conversations. The answer? Spreadsheets, denial, and apparently, a lot of chocolate.

If your finances feel more terrifying than your date nights, Knapper Financial Coaching can help. Real conversations. Real progress. Real connections.

STAY TUNED for information about our upcoming FREE For Love & Money 30 minute webinar! You can have hot finances, and even hotter relationships!

👇 Drop a 🍫 in the comments if this is you and your partner.

Flames: For Love and Money Enrichment Series



All of us at Real Connections Counseling & Coaching honor the tested muscle, heart, courage of the men and women who fel...
05/25/2026

All of us at Real Connections Counseling & Coaching honor the tested muscle, heart, courage of the men and women who fell in the theater of war and conflict. We honored those who fought, all the while, searching for the land of milk and honey and peace. 

This was their work and they loved their work. They died doing the work they wanted to do so that you and I could wake up every morning and breathe free air.

That will always only ever be the heart of Real Connections Counseling and Coaching. 

Tomorrow we remember. Tonight we reflect. 🇺🇸
05/25/2026

Tomorrow we remember. Tonight we reflect. 🇺🇸

Alexandra Hudson's powerful keynote to close out the day leaves us inspired to harness the transformative impact of civi...
05/21/2026

Alexandra Hudson's powerful keynote to close out the day leaves us inspired to harness the transformative impact of civility. So very good. Living the Real Connections way.
Urbandale Chamber of Commerce

proving itself to be exceeding beneficial. Our clients are going to answer the “what if“ question with “Real Connectio...
05/21/2026

proving itself to be exceeding beneficial. Our clients are going to answer the “what if“ question with “Real Connections of course!“

What if counseling was the right idea? What if your team at Real Connections will help you succeed beyond what you thoug...
05/19/2026

What if counseling was the right idea? What if your team at Real Connections will help you succeed beyond what you thought you could dream? What if “better” or even “best” was just around the corner?

We make disconnection so easy. So available to us. What if Real Connection was the call? The new better way? What if Real Connection was exactly right?

What if? What if you can do this?

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2540 106th Street Ste 202
Urbandale, IA
50322

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 9am - 1pm

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