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Shauna Springer, Ph.D.

Shauna Springer, Ph.D., earned her undergraduate degree in English literature from Harvard University and her doctoral degree in counseling psychology from the University of Florida. She is currently a staff psychologist in the Veterans Health Care System of Northern California, where she runs a couples clinic to help veterans reconnect with their spouses following combat deployments. She has particular expertise in marital counseling, stressor effects on marriage, trauma recovery, and women’s issues. She has also worked in a successful private practice, three university counseling centers, and a clinic specialized in the treatment of OCD and other anxiety disorders. She has co-authored several publications in professional journals and books. Her research has been presented at multiple conferences and she was awarded the McLaughlin Dissertation Research Award for her meta-analysis of stressor effects on marriage in an aggregated sample of over 164,000 married individuals. In 2008, she organized and coordinated The Lifestyle Poll Project, a study of over 1,200 well-educated women. In February 2012, she published her first book, Marriage, for Equals: The Successful Joint (Ad)Ventures of Well-Educated Couples (marriageforequals.com).

Stories By Shauna Springer, Ph.D.

Marriage

Well Educated Couples Are Likely To Experience Lower Divorce Rate

By Shauna Springer, Ph.D.Nov 13, 2013

Research shows the divorce rate of well-educated couples is likely to be less Dr. Phil (McGraw)...
Men

Attractiveness Dramatically Increases With Scarcity

By Shauna Springer, Ph.D.Nov 12, 2013

The Beer Goggle Effect at play on the ABC Show “The Bachelor” Ever heard of the...
General dating advice

Can Somebody Tell Me How Long To Wait Before Marrying Or Eating Marshmallows?

By Shauna Springer, Ph.D.Nov 12, 2013

What is a sufficient courtship length? When I give talks on how to make wise decisions about love...
Marriage

Love And Respect: Which Do You Need?

By Shauna Springer, Ph.D.Nov 5, 2013

Love and Respect – A best-seller built on a faulty premise Last week, I intentionally deviated...
Marriage

Respect Is Equally Important For Many Women

By Shauna Springer, Ph.D.Nov 5, 2013

Women Who Value Respect Over Love (Part II) In my last blog post, I challenged the...
General dating advice

These Relationships Are Especially Susceptible To Love Blindness

By Shauna Springer, Ph.D.Oct 18, 2013

Tread cautiously with long-distance and internet-mediated relationships Long distance relationships and internet-mediated relationships are two types...