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Families Northwest Expert Contributors
Families Northwest is committed to making our website and our electronic newsletters for leaders (Turn the Tide) and the general public (Healthy Relationships Toolbox) as informative and helpful as possible. That is why we have recruited the following experts to provide articles that will be regularly featured in Families Northwest’s communication pieces. Learn more about them by reading their bio’s and checking out their websites. We believe they are some of the brightest leaders in the country with specialties in the diverse areas of marriage, family life and relationships.
Les and Leslie Parrott
 Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott are award-winning authors and co-founders of the Center for Relationship Development at Seattle Pacific University. Their books, which have sold over one million copies in more than two dozen languages, include best-selling and Gold-medallion winner Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, I Love You More, Becoming Soul Mates, Relationships, and Questions Couples Ask. Each year they speak live to over one million people in more than 40 cities nationwide and internationally. The Parrotts have been guests on many national TV and radio programs such as Good Morning America, CBS This Morning and Oprah, and are also hosts of the nationally syndicated radio program "Love Talk."
Website: www.realrelationships.com
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Ron Deal
 Ron L. Deal is Founder and President of Successful Stepfamilies, an organization that empowers remarried couples and stepfamilies and equips churches for ministry. He is author of the book The Smart Stepfamily: Seven Steps to a Healthy Family and presents stepfamily conferences throughout the country. Ron has appeared on numerous national TV and radio programs including Focus on the Family and FamilyLife Today. A licensed marriage and family therapist, Ron serves as an educational consultant to Focus on the Family and is on the advisory council of the Stepfamily Association of America.
Website: www.SuccessfulStepfamilies.com
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Peter Larson
 Peter Larson, Ph.D. is the Director of Programs and Outreach for Life Innovations, the international headquarters of the PREPARE/ENRICH Inventories and Program. He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and an MA in Theology from the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary. Before joining Life Innovations, he specialized in couples therapy and was the Director of Research and Clinical Services for the Smalley Relationship Center.
Peter and Heather Larson, M.A. have been married 10 years, and have 3 children: Adam (4), Kate (2), and Anna (1).
Website: www.prepare-enrich.com
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David and Claudia Arp
 Claudia Arp & David Arp, MSW, are founders of Marriage Alive International, Inc.(www.marriagealive.com) and creators of the award winning 10 Great Dates program. The Arps have appeared on NBC Today, CBS This Morning, PBS and Focus on the Family. Their numerous books include the Gold Medallion Award-winning, Second Half of Marriage and 10 Great Dates for Empty Nesters.
Website: www.marriagealive.com
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