William Glasser, MD, (1925 2013) was a world-renowned psychiatrist who lectured widely and trained thousands of counselors in his Choice Theory and Reality Therapy approaches. The former president of the William Glasser Institute in Los Angeles, his numerous books have sold almost two million copies to date.

Jon Carlson, PsyD, EdD, ABPP (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin) is Distinguished Professor, Psychology and Counseling at Governors State University and a psychologist at the Wellness Clinic in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Jon has served as editor of several periodicals including the "Journal of Individual Psychology "and" The Family Journal". He holds Diplomates in both Family Psychology and Adlerian Psychology. He has authored 150 journal articles and 50 books including "Time for a Better Marriage", "Adlerian Therapy", "Inclusive Cultural Empathy", "The Mummy at the Dining Room Table", " Bad Therapy", The Client Who Changed Me, Their Finest Hour, Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy, and "Moved by the Spirit". He has created over 250 professional trade video and DVD's with leading professional therapists and educators. In 2004 the American Counseling Association named him a "Living Legend." In 2009 the Division of Psychotherapy of the American Psychological Association named him "Distinguished Psychologist" for his life contribution to psychotherapy. He has received similar awards from four other professional organizations. Recently he syndicated an advice cartoon "On The Edge" with cartoonist Joe Martin. Dr. Carlson has been married to his wife Laura for forty-two years. They have five children.