Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Relationship Author
The illustrious experts quoted in The Complete Marriage Counselor: Relationship-Saving Advice from America’s Top 50+ Couples Therapists:
“America’s Psychiatrist”; couples counselor; best-selling author, Living the Truth: Transform Your Life Through the Power of Insight and Honesty; www.livingthetruth.com
Marriage and relationship therapist; board certified sexologist; author; syndicated sex and relationship columnist; www.askisadora.com
Psychotherapist; specializes in relationship and sexual problems; www.jonathanalpert.com
Marital/couples therapist; more than twenty-one years’ experience; certified Imago Therapist; www.indiana-imago.com
Psychologist; specializes in couples; author; Bring Yourselves to Love: How Couples Can Turn Disconnection into Intimacy; www.monabarbera.com
Family and marriage counselor; twenty years’ experience; www.savethemarriage.com
Psychologist; coauthor, The Energy of Belief: Psychology’s Power Tools to Focus Intention and Release Blocking Beliefs; www.energyofbelief.com
Rabbi Yehuda Berg
Kabbalistic teacher providing counsel to hundreds of couples; author, The Spiritual Rules of Engagement: How Kabbalah Can Help Your Soul Mate Find You
Leanne Braddock, MEd, MA
Marital and family therapist; author, Taming the Dragon Within: How to Be the Mother-in-Law You’ve Always Wanted
Stephanie Buehler, MSW, PsyD, CST
Psychologist; sex therapist; internationally known for her expertise in relationships, sexuality, and intimacy; director of The Buehler Institute, www.thebuehlerinstitute.com
Psychologist; more than thirty years in practice, www.counselorswithcompassion.com
Renée A. Cohen, PhD
Clinical and forensic psychology; working with couples thirty years
Former family and marriage counselor; consultant; author, Marriage Built to Last: 9 Steps to Life-Long Love! www.marriagebuilttolast.org
Relationship therapist; author, Before You Leave: End with Love; www.before-you-leave.com
Psychologist; marriage and family therapist; author, Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart; co-founder of the National Registry of Marriage-Friendly Therapists; www.drbilldoherty.org
Counseling psychotherapist for twenty-seven years; author, Shadow Marriage: A Descent into Intimacy; www.pauldunion.com
Psychology Today and New York Magazine called her one of America’s best-known relationship experts; author of the bestsellers Make Up, Don’t Break Up: Rescue Your Relationship and Rekindle Your Romance; Adultery, the Forgivable Sin; and Financial Infidelity: Seven Steps to Conquering the #1 Relationship Wrecker www.doctorbonnie.com
Marriage and family therapist; stepfamily trainer and consultant; www.stepfamilyliving.com
Couples’ communication coach; author, Women Can’t Hear What Men Don’t Say and Why Men Are the Way They Are; developer of the “Cinematic Immersion Method” to reprogram our biologically natural response to respond defensively to personal criticism from a loved one; www.warrenfarrell.com
Marriage and family therapist; www.Relationships4Life.com
Award-winning psychotherapist; works with couples on issues ranging from addiction and infidelity to trauma and abuse; author, Emotional Fitness for Couples: 10 Minutes a Day to a Better Relationship; www.bartongoldsmith.com
Psychotherapist; marriage and family therapist; more than twenty-four years of clinical experience; www.stayinthezone.com
Internationally recognized expert in fields of communications and relationships; author of sixteen relationship books including Why Mars and Venus Collide: Improving Relationships by Understanding How Men and Women Cope Differently with Stress; conducting personal growth seminars for more than thirty years; www.marsvenus.com
Nationally known marriage and family therapist; in private practice more than twenty years; author of many books including The Afterlife Connection: A Therapist Reveals How To Communicate with Departed Loved Ones and How Could You Do This To Me? Learning to Trust After Betrayal; www.drjanegreer.com
Mary Hammond, MA
Counseling couples more than twenty-five years; author, Living Your Soul’s Purpose: Wellness and Passion with Energy Psychology and Energy Medicine
Couples counselor; author, The Secrets of Happily Married Men, The Secrets of Happily Married Women, and The Secrets of Happy Families; www.DrScott.com
Nationally acclaimed clinical psychologist; marriage counselor; bestselling author, His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage; www.marriagebuilders.com
Clinical psychologist; helping couples for more than twenty-five years; author of a book, workbook, and workshops called The Power of Two: Secrets to a Strong & Loving Marriage; www.therapyhelp.com
Gay Hendricks, PhD, and Kathlyn Hendricks, PhD, ADTR
Co-founders of The Hendricks Institute and The Foundation for Conscious Living; have worked with thousands of couples; co-authored and authored many books including Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment; www.hendricks.com
Clinical pastoral counselor; known internationally for his work with couples; co-created “Imago Relationship Therapy” and concept of “conscious partnership” with wife Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD, with whom he’s coauthored nine books including Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved; www.harvillehendrix.com
Kathryn Janus
Advanced clinician in Imago Relationship Therapy; has worked with hundreds of couples over the past eighteen years.
One of the originators of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT); Director of the Ottawa (Canada) Couple and Family Institute; author, Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love; www.holdmetight.net
More than thirty years’ experience as a therapist; specializes in marital work; co-founder of Gurnee Counseling Center; www.gurneecounselingcenter.com
Marital therapy expert on bringing marriages back to life; author, Love in 90 Days: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Own True Love; director of the Institute for Comprehensive Family Therapy; www.dianakirschner.com
Judy Kuriansky, PhD
Marriage therapist; former host of the syndicated radio call-in show Love Phones; author, Complete Idiot’s Guide to a Healthy Relationship and Complete Idiot’s Guide to Tantric Sex
Ella Lasky, PhD
Clinical psychologist; thirty years’ experience with couples and family therapy
Past president of the International Association for Marriage and Family Counseling; faculty emeritus, Imago Institute for Relationship Therapy; best-selling author, Hot Monogamy: Essential Steps to More Passionate, Intimate Lovemaking and The Truth About Love: The Highs, the Lows, and How You Can Make It Last Forever; coauthor, How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It: Finding Love Beyond Words; www.patlove.com
Recognized internationally as an innovator in both family and brief therapy; president of The Robbins-Madanes Center for Strategic Intervention; author of six books that are classics in psychotherapy; coauthor, The Ultimate Relationship Program, a “workshop in a box” designed to enhance couples’ relationships www.robbinsmadanes.com
Psychologist; more than twenty years’ experience specializing in relationships; author; columnist; www.drdebraonline.com
Money coach; psychotherapist; author, The Secret Language of Money, www.moneyharmony.com
More than twenty years’ experience; dubbed “financial marriage therapist” by grateful clients; www.moneypeace.com
Marriage and relationship therapist for more than twenty years; hosted radio talk show Love and Relationships; author, Seeds for the Harvest of a Lifetime: Increasing Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem, and Improving Relationships; www.doctorjoyce.com
Ron Muchnick, PhD, and Sherri Muchnick, PhD
Marriage and family therapists; professors at Capella University
Clinical psychologist; more than twenty-five years’ experience with couples; www.americaslovedoctor.com
Marital counselor; adjunct professor at the School of Social Work–Barry University; www.taniaparedes.com
Marriage and family therapist; author of the bestseller Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic; member of the American Family Therapy Academy and of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research; www.estherperel.com
Frank Pittman, MD
Family therapist; author of the classic Private Lies: Infidelity and Betrayal of Intimacy; since 1962 has treated more than 1,500 couples
Marriage and family therapist; conflict resolution expert; author, The First Argument: Cutting to the Root of Intimate Conflict; www.sharonrivkin.com
Founder of Stepfamily Dynamics Counseling and Coaching; www.stepfamilydynamics.com
Relationship counselors; founders of The Heartwork Center, which holds weekend couples’ workshops; authors, Learning to Love: From Conflict to Lasting Harmony; www.awakeningtogether.com
Rebecca Roy, MA, MFT
Psychotherapist; specializes in relationship issues; www.theindustrytherapist.com
Marriage and family therapist; www.alisaruby.com
Psychologist; in private practice since 1982; specializes in relationships; www.drkarensherman.com
Psychologist; specializes in relationships, anxiety, and sexual issues; coauthor, What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew about Sex: A Guide for Christian Men; www.stephenwsimpson.com
Psychologist; couples counselor for thirty years; founder of the Hope Center; author, This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen to Me: 10 Make-or-Break Choices When Life Steals Your Dreams and Rocks Your World; www.DrBevSmallwood.com
Marion Solomon, PhD
Co-founder of the Lifespan Learning Institute, dedicated to the advanced training and application of research in individual, group, and family therapy; cowriter, Love and War in Intimate Relationships
Marriage counselor; coauthor, How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It: Finding Love Beyond Words; founder of CompassionPower, programs created to reduce anger, violence, and resentment; www.compassionpower.com
Barbara Swenson, PhD
Clinical psychologist; marriage and family therapist for twenty-one years
Internationally renowned marriage therapist; bestselling author, Divorce Busting and The Sex-Starved Marriage: A Couple’s Guide to Boosting Their Marriage Libido; director of The Divorce Busting Center; www.divorcebusting.com
Marriage and family therapist; founder of Lifeworks Counseling Associates; www.lifeworkscounseling.net/mel.php
Barbra Williams Cosentino, LCSW, RN
Psychotherapist; twenty-five years of experience working with couples
Psychologist; social worker; has worked with thousands of couples; www.lovevictory.com
Couples coach; founder and chairman of The Handel Group Private Coaching Company; www.handelgroup.com
Michael D. Zentman, PhD
Clinical psychologist; working with couples thirty-nine years; director of the Postgraduate Program in Marriage & Couple Therapy at Adelphi University
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