Bernard G. Guerney, Jr., Ph.D., is the founder of the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement® and is internationally recognized as one of the most prominent and innovative practitioners of marital and family therapy. His methods have been developed and refined over forty years of practicing, teaching and supervising individual, marital, group, and family therapy. His presentations and workshops have elicited high praise and great enthusiasm on four continents. For their work in developing Relationship Enhancement® therapy and enrichment methods, Dr. Guerney and his wife, Dr. Louise Guerney, have won several national awards. Dr. Guerney is President of NIRE, Professor Emeritus of Family Studies and of Counseling Psychology at Pennsylvania State University, and an AAMFT-Approved Supervisor. Dr. Guerney’s book, Relationship Enhancement: Skill Training Programs for Therapy, Problem Prevention, and Enrichment has been called, by Dr. Douglas Sprenkle, “a seminal and potentially revolutionary work … perhaps the best … integration of theory, research, and practice in the family intervention field.”