LauraMaery Gold (born 1959) is an American author and licensed

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noted for her numerous published works on subjects related to family functioning. She is the founder and director of The Relationship Institute, an organization devoted to educating couples and families in building emotional intimacy. She has been widely published in such diverse fields as marital communications, childhood education, personal technology, religion, and family financial planning. Several of her books have been translated into multiple languages. She has been a guest on a variety of national and local radio and television programs.

Early life

LauraMaery Gold was born in

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and attended

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, where she studied family counseling and

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, and attended the

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graduate school of journalism. She also earned post-graduate degrees and certifications in law, personal finance, and

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from British and American universities. She earned her doctorate in counseling psychology from Regent University, writing her Ph.D. dissertation on the formation and use of principle-based dyadic communication 'Skripts'.

Career

LauraMaery Gold has had an extensive career as both an author and a therapist.

Journalism

She began her writing career in high school as columnist at the '' Kent (Washington) News Journal''. During college she was the religion editor and business editor at the Provo, Utah ''Daily Herald''. She was a freelance writer for the '' China Economic News'', and was a bureau chief and editor for various tech publications throughout Asia. She was editor in chief of several Asian editions of '' PC World'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' magazines. Her first published book, The ''

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to Excel'' (co-written with Dan Post), was published in 1995. Since that time, she's authored more than a dozen books on family and consumer topics.

Counseling

Her therapeutic work began in the mid 1980s with clients seeking financial counseling through a

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. She later advised low-income clients through the Community Action Agency, mediated business disputes with the Better Business Bureau, and advised delegates to various youth programs administered through the

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and the

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. She did extensive volunteer work with various not-for-profit organizations, including the Recovery Help Line of the Seattle Crisis Clinic. She later entered private practice with Allied Family Therapy, a marriage and family counseling clinic based in

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. In 2015 she became director of The Relationship Institute, an organization that uses a martial arts metaphor to teach better communication to couples, groups, and corporate and organizational clients.

Personal life

LauraMaery Gold and her husband Dan Post are the parents of two daughters and five sons, and presently reside outside of Paris, France.

References

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Bibliography

* 2014 ''The Vegan Family Cookbook'' Aristotle Press. * 2009 ''Homeschool Your Child for Free: More Than 1,400 Smart, Effective, and Practical Resources for Educating Your Family at Home'' (2nd Edition). Three Rivers Press. * 2004 ''Boot Your Broker'' Que Publishing. * 2002 ''Homeschooling Step-by-Step: 100 Simple Solutions to Homeschooling Toughest Problems''. Prima Publishing. * 2001 ''Homeschool Your Child for Free: More Than 1,200 Smart, Effective, and Practical Resources for Home Education on the Internet and Beyond''. Prima Publishing. * 2001 ''Mormons on the Internet'' (2nd Edition). Prima Publishing. * 2000 ''J.K. Lasser's Invest Online'' (2nd Edition). Wiley and Sons. * 1997 ''Mormons on the Internet''. Prima Publishing. * 1997 ''Jk Lassers Invest Online: Do-It-Yourself and Keep More of What You Earn''. Wiley and Sons. * 1995 ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Excel''. Alpha.

External links

Allied Family Therapy

Skripts.Org

The Relationship Institute

LauraMaery Gold
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