Leslie Vernick is a popular speaker, an author, a licensed clinical social worker, and a relationship coach. She has more than three decades of experience helping individuals, couples and families with her expertise on a variety of issues including personal and spiritual growth, marriage improvement, conflict resolution, depression, domestic violence, and child abuse. Leslie is the author of seven books, including her best-seller, The Emotionally Destructive Relationship, which is now in its ninth printing. She and her husband, Howard, have two grown children and three grandchildren. Learn more about Leslie by visiting her website, www.leslievernick.com.