Shauna Springer, Ph.D., earned her undergraduate degree in English Literature from Harvard University and her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Florida. She is currently a Staff Psychologist in the Veterans Health Care System of Northern California, where she runs a couples clinic to help Veterans reconnect with their spouses following combat deployments. She has particular expertise in marital counseling, stressor effects on marriage, trauma recovery, and women's issues. She has also worked in a successful private practice, three University counseling centers, and a clinic specialized in the treatment of OCD and other anxiety disorders.

She has co-authored several publications in professional journals and books. Her research has been presented at multiple conferences and she was awarded the McLaughlin Dissertation Research Award for her meta-analysis of stressor effects on marriage in an aggregated sample of over 164,000 married individuals.

While she does not believe in the idea of meeting one's "soul mate," she met her wonderful husband, Utaka Springer, 15 years ago, and has been very happily married for the past 10 years.