"COUPLES is an important tool for counselors and therapists to share with their clients. The tapes provide very helpful information in an entertaining and accessible way. I really like this program!"
Jon Carlson, PsyD, EdD, ABPP
Editor, The Family Journal
Distinguished Professor, Governors State University
University Park, Illinois

"These videos are sharp, focused, appealing and interesting. The material is authentic and viewers identify with the couples and their issues.”
Sandra Leiblum, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Sexual and Marital Health
Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics/Gynecology
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway, New Jersey

"My boyfriend and I love watching COUPLES together. The first time we watched Tape One, we hit on a key issue in our relationship... and ended up talking for three hours!!"
Ellen Greenfield
Accountant
Portland, Oregon

"Working with a couple after they have viewed the COUPLES tape series is delightfully effective. They often arrive in my office with new insights and specific questions, having already started some discussion of relevant issues. We cover more ground with more depth in less time."
Linda Lee Nicholls, Ph.D., Dip.C.
Counsellor, Coach, Consultant, Educator
Vancouver, B.C. Canada

"My husband and I thought we had a good relationship, that is to say we knew enough about each other to get questions right on The Newlywed Game. But a deeper connection was missing. The COUPLES video series and guides are instrumental in helping us take our relationship to the next level!"
Annie Gugiu
Community Relations Manager
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington

"When close to one out of every two marriages ends in divorce, one thing is certain- the "All you need is love" philosophy is sorely mistaken. Loving, lasting relationships require skills. For anyone wanting to strengthen and deepen a relationship, the Couples video series is an absolute must. Through insightful lectures and revealing conversations with real couples, the video
series provides practical information and inspiration for making love grow."
Michele Weiner-Davis, MSW
Director of The Divorce Busting Center in Woodstock, IL

“I am giving these tapes to my clients, my students and my colleagues. The issues discussed are universal and Drs. Wong and McKeen's focus on the stages of relationships is brilliant.”
Maria Gomori, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Ret.)
Approved Supervisor-AAMFT
Master Practitioner-NLP
Winnipeg, Manitoba

“COUPLES is a program that honors the differences between men and women, gives them tools to communicate better and ultimately achieve greater intimacy.”
John Gray
Author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus“

"In the twenty years I have practiced relationship counselling, I have often sought resources for the couple I work with. The COUPLES video series is really the best teaching tool I've found. My clients say the series helps them recognize that the difficulties they are experiencing are common to many people, and part of being in a relationship."
Judy Sellner, Ph.D., Dip.C..
Couples Counsellor
Vancouver, B.C. Canada

“It is rare that tapes can be so helpful to both client and therapist. Each tape covers a basic aspect of couples counseling and is clearly supported by demonstrations with the featured couples. As a trainer of psychotherapists in various countries and a psychotherapist in private practice, I find this series very valuable.”
Myrtle Heery, Ph.D., M.F.T.
Director, International Institute for Humanistic Studies
Faculty, Graduate in Depth Psychology, Sonoma State University
Rohnert, California

COUPLES has plenty of solid relationship enhancement material presented in a casual yet riveting manner. The series deserves a high place in marital studies resource materials because it invokes deep thought and careful reflection for the viewer.
Donald M. Mihaloew, Ed.D., LMFT, CFLE
Adjunct Professor, Lewis and Clarke College
Portland, Oregon

“My wife and I highly recommend these tapes to everyone. We learned about each other and ourselves. Our relationship has deepened and is a lot more fun.”
Daniel Burney
Graphic Artist
Santa Clara, California

“I work with a church community and find the video series and user guide absolutely non-threatening, inviting and useful when working with parishioners.”
Father Jack Sproule
Sidney, B.C.

“COUPLES is an exceptional tool for understanding relationships and for developing the skills to make them work. Drs. Wong and McKeen offer a masterful and truly effective approach to relating that simply cannot be found anywhere else. Giving these tapes to clients for home viewing will certainly speed up the process and make for a richer therapeutic experience.”
David Raithby, Dip.C., M.Ed., R.S.W.
Therapist, Consultant, Trainer
Nanaimo, B.C.

“Even though I'm not in a primary relationship at this time, these videos provide me invaluable assistance in improving communication in ALL my relationships.”
Jill McFarlane
Foreign Language Teacher
Traverse City, Michigan

The relationship model presented in COUPLES offers a fresh, exciting, expanded view of the methodology of relationship. The couples are honest and vulnerable and my clients say they see parts of themselves in each of the participants.
Joanne Cimbalo MAPS, MAPC, LPC
Pastoral Counselor
Glenview, Illinois

I work with both clients and students in marriage and family counseling and I find COUPLES an excellent teaching tool. What sets this video series apart is that it shows couples in a group setting, adapting the material presented to their own situation. Many rich learnings are available for the viewer, be they therapist or client.
Wendy L. Huntington, M.A. CDS III
Clinical Member, A.A.M.F.T.
Tacoma, Washington

I liked the series a great deal. Any clinician would feel comfortable using COUPLES because the package is so well organized and presented. The couples in the videos are real couples with real problems and a wide range of ages is presented, as well as three interracial couples.
Gregory W. Brock, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Family Studies
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

COUPLES tackles the complex issue of relationships and their evolving nature and is amazingly successful at showing us multi-faceted problem-solving at work. I found the series informative, entertaining and emotionally engaging throughout. I highly recommend it.
Bryan Johanson
Professor of Music, Portland State University
Portland, Oregon

A refreshing interplay between Wong and McKeen's wise counsel and dyadic exercises guides the couples through the stages of relationship...all in five half-hour sessions, admirably adapted to a classic 50 minute instructional format.
DeWitt C. Baldwin Jr., M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Nevada Medical School
Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Northwestern Medical School

Michele Baldwin, L.C.S.W., Ph.D.
Family Institute, Northwestern University
Chicago Center for Family Health
PAIRS Master Teacher and Trainer
Chicago, Illinois

This is a must see, must read, must use tool for in depth insight into today’s complex relationships. It deals with brutal truth, yet gives realistic solution guidelines for achieving intimacy in relationships.
Dr. Arlene H. Churn
Spiritual Therapist
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

COUPLES is great! Everybody should see this! Required viewing for anyone contemplating marriage...or divorce for that matter.
Judy Kaiser
Fitness Expert
Highland Park, Illinois

My husband and I watched these tapes together. We enjoyed watching the partners open up to each other...real people doing real intimacy...clear and encouraging possibilities for all of us in relationship.
Ruth T. Emerson, MD
Robert A. Owen, LMP, Dip.C
Seattle, Washington

I recently completed a 6 week relationship workshop using the COUPLES video series. The videos created an environment of revelation and intimacy. My participants felt as though they were part of the process they were witnessing on the TV screen and brought a higher level of involvement into our classroom.
Carol LaCroix, Dip.C., MTC
Workshop Facilitator
Kirkland, Washington

COUPLES hooks you in. You’re curious about where these couples end up, and you commiserate, in the end, with their vulnerability and frustration.
Su-Jin Yim
Oregonian. Feature Article
Portland, Oregon

I watched the couples video series today on OPB and enjoyed it and learned a few new things. Thank you for the entertaining afternoon of TV!
Viewer
Oregon Public Broadcast
Portland, Oregon

These tapes would make a wonderful wedding or anniversary gift for a couple you love. I can't think of a couple anywhere - or at any stage of relationship - who wouldn't benefit tremendously from watching the Romance and Power Struggle exercises, then doing them with the able assist of the user's guide.
Diane Sollee, MSW
Founder and Director, Coaltion for Marriage, Family
and Couples Education and www.smartmarriages.com
Washington D.C.

The COUPLES series is captivating and leaves the viewer open to new possibilities in all relationships. It is an excellent teaching tool for beginning therapists and can be used as a resource as therapist and client explore new dimensions in relating.
John Zarski, Ph.D.
Director, Department of Counseling and Special Education
University of Akron
Akron, Ohio

I think the videotapes are excellent! The content is clear and interesting. I like the way the facilitators' presentation of didactic information alternates with the couples' presentation of their own stories. Having "real" people speak about their personal struggles provides interest and believability.
Claire Peffer, L.C.S.W.
Child & Family Consultants
Melbourne, Florida