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Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz
Brief Introduction:
As America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts and award–winning authors, Drs. Charles and Elizabeth Schmitz help international audiences answer questions about love, marriage and relationships. With more than 37 years of research on love and successful marriage in 56 countries across all seven continents of the world and their own 52–year marriage, the Doctors know what makes relationships work.
Short Introduction:
As America’s #1 Love and Marriage Experts and multiple award-winning authors, Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz help audiences around the world answer questions about love, marriage and relationships. Their distinguished careers include over 70 awards, 1100 books, articles and manuscripts, 930 speeches, and frequent media appearances. With over 37 years of research on relationships and successful marriage in 56 countries on all seven continents of the world and their own 52–year marriage, the Doctors know what makes relationships work.
Together, the Schmitz’s have written the award-winning books, How to Marry the Right Guy, Golden Anniversaries: The Seven Secrets of Successful Marriage, Simple Things Matter in Love and Marriage, and Building a Love That Lasts, and are popular speakers and talk show guests. Their latest book, In Marriage Simple Things Matter, reveals hundreds of practical relationship tips you can use to save, enhance and sustain your marriage. (Available on Amazon.com and anywhere books are sold).
Longer Introduction:
Drs. Charles and Elizabeth Schmitz are renowned love and marriage experts and multiple award–winning authors. As the Lead Experts on the Advisory Board for CoupleWise.com, Marriage Experts for YourTango.com, and prolific writers for SimpleThingsMatter.com, Fabulously40.com and SelfGrowth.com, the Doctors provide inspiration and guidance to readers around the globe.
Dr. Charles and Dr. Elizabeth Schmitz know that simple things matter in relationships. They understand what makes relationships work because they have conducted almost four decades of research on successful marriages in 56 countries on all seven continents of the world, as well as sharing personal experience drawn from their own 52–year marriage.
Dr. Charles D. Schmitz was a highly successful faculty member and administrator in higher education. He is currently Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Counseling and Family Therapy at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, where he has focused on counseling psychology and leadership. Previously, Dr. Charles was a Professor of Counseling Psychology and Higher and Adult Education at the University of Missouri–Columbia and was Professor of Counseling and Dean at Baylor University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri–Columbia.
Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz is a full-time researcher and author. She served as an award-winning administrator and educator for 36 years. Elizabeth received her Ed.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia and lectured at numerous colleges in the areas of counseling and leadership. She is president of Successful Marriage Reflections in St. Louis, Missouri, where she and Charles reside.
Dr. Charles and Dr. Elizabeth Schmitz have received collectively nearly 70 awards (international, national, state, and local); published over 1100 articles (71 scholarly articles in professional journals and over 1000 Internet articles about love, marriage and relationships); authored/co-authored 16 books/monographs – academic and marriage related; given over 930 public speeches and presentations including multiple keynote addresses; participated in more than 200 radio and 50 television interviews; written 172 research and technical reports, book chapters, monographs and scholarly papers; had 75 articles about their work written by others appearing in multiple venues; produced/created 30 photo/music videos; and developed 6 software programs.
Together, the Doctors have written the multiple award-winning books, Building a Love that Lasts, Golden Anniversaries: The Seven Secrets of Successful Marriage and Simple Things Matter in Love and Marriage, and are popular speakers and talk show guests. Their latest book, In Marriage Simple Things Matter, is often referred to as, "The complete encyclopedia of what makes marriage work."
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