Beth M. Erickson

Dr. Beth Erickson was born and raised in rural Minnesota. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota in 1976; then completed two years' post-doctoral training in marriage and family therapy at The Family Institute, which is part of Northwestern University; has practiced marriage and family therapy for over three decades; is an executive and life coach, media host, and professional speaker; authored three books, the most recent of which is Marriage Isn't For Sissies: 7 Simple Keys to Unlocking the Best Part of Your Life, as well as a dozen juried articles for professional publications; has developed a teleseminar series to accompany Marriage Isn't for Sissies; previously was host of "Mirrors of the Soul," on which she interviewed bestselling authors, women movers and shakers, and ordinary people doing extraordinary things; has been sought for interviews on ABC Twin Cities Live, NBC Chicago, Voice of America, Cosmopolitan, USA Today, Better Homes and Gardens, and The Miami Herald, among other media outlets; makes her home in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. Dr. Beth is a regular columnist for Women's Online Marketing and is known as "The Best Part of Your Life" Doctor.

Dr. Beth understands the importance of our connections with people to our quality of life and own survival as individuals, and to the continuation of us as a people and even as a civilization. Marriage Isn't For Sissies was written to aid and enhance all relationships not just marriage and along the way, she'll offer tools for evaluating, maintaining, strengthening, and ending relationships of all kinds.

Dr. Beth has always been a trail blazer with both her doctorial dissertation and her first published book Helping Men Change being recognized as breakthroughs in male therapy conducted by female therapists. Helping Men Change was and is still being used in academic classrooms to train female therapists in how to provide effective counseling to male clients.