Jake ThiessenJake Thiessen, PhD, is a seasoned therapist with over forty-five years of experience helping couples navigate the choppy waters of contemporary relationship life. He has a master's degree in theology with a concentration in marriage and family therap from Fuller Theological Seminary and a doctorate in family studies from Texas Tech University. For fifteen years he was a university professor teaching courses in marriage and family at Messiah University. Before graduate school he studied at the University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France, and taught English as a second language on an oasis in the Algerian Sahara. His extensive academic and experiential background informs his approach to improving the lives of couples who seek to better relate to each other.Jake was raised in a tiny town on the Kansas plains where everyone knew everyone and most of their business. Jake is father to three grown children. He has also navigated a divorce, the death of a spouse, and the dynamics of family expansion with stepchildren, a foster child, and the arrival of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He lives in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, with his current partner, Nicolee Hiltz, PhD, a psychologist who enthusiastically supports his endeavors including writing this book. Read More Read Less