Jeffry H. Larson, Ph.D., LMFT, CFLE, is a retired Professor of Marriage and

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. He is the author of ''Should We Stay Together? A Scientifically Proven Method for Evaluating Your Relationship and Improving its Chances for Long Term Success'' (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000) and the

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entitled ''The Great Marriage Tune-Up Book: A Proven Program for Evaluating and Renewing Your Relationship'' (March 2004), among others. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Psychology from BYU and a Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from

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. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist, and the former chair of the Utah State MFT Licensing Board. He is the former chairperson and professor of the Marriage and Family graduate program at BYU. He is the author of over 70 scholarly journal articles and book chapters. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by Texas Tech University in 2001. Prior to joining the BYU faculty Larson was on the faculty of

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Personal life

Dr. Larson was born in 1949.

References

External links

A list of articles by Larson
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