Tina Tessina, Ph.D., has been a licensed California psychotherapist since 1978, with more than 30 years of experience. She writes a regular blog under the name, Dr. Romance.
Tessina has written 11 books, including her latest, “Money, Sex and Kids,” January 2008; “The Commuter Marriage: Keeping your Relationship Close while you’re far apart,” May 2008; “It Ends with You: Grow Up and Grow Out of Dysfunction,” 2003.
She focuses primarily on marriage counseling and practical solutions to marital problems. She has written for Yahoo! Personals, Redbook and ivillage.com. Her Web site is
tinatessina.com.