Karen Skerrett

Karen has spent four decades understanding what makes relationships not just survive, but genuinely thrive, especially through the transitions and complexities of midlife and beyond.

A licensed clinical psychologist, she brings a grounded perspective to intimate partnership: one that honors both the emotional landscape and the lived realities of aging bodies, changing roles, and evolving desires.

She’s taught at the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, and the University of San Diego, where she launched the region’s first doctoral program in Advanced Practice Mental Health Nursing.

Karen is also the author of many books, including Positive Couple Therapy, Couple Resilience, Growing Married, and the memoir Tell Me Again How I Know You?