Jennifer Gauvain is a licensed clinical social worker whose primary focus is working with couples and families. With over 13 years experience in private practice, she helps us interpret the stories gathered and addresses the issues revealed by those who forged ahead with a mistaken marriage. She also shares the wisdom she and her husband have gained on the marriage prep team at St. Francis Xavier College Church, in St. Louis, Mo. As the adult child of divorced parents, Jennifer has both personal and clinical insight into the destruction divorce sheds upon couples and families. Her clinical skills and expertise can help women who are struggling with their relationship or pending marriage to effectively discern what they are really searching for in their life.

Jennifer earned her M.S.W. from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. She continued her postgraduate training at The Menninger Relationship and Family Therapy Training Institute. She recently completed Internal Family Systems training through the Center for Self Leadership in Oak Park, Ill. Jennifer lives in St. Louis, with her husband, 8-year-old twins and dogs, Laney and Ginger.