Available Topics:  Marriage, Sexual Concerns, Parenting/Family, Divorce and Blended Families, Pornography

Douglas E. Brinley
Dr. Brinley is a Family Life specialist in the areas of marriage and parenting.  He is a professor at Brigham Young University in the Department of Church History and Doctrine.  His Doctorate is in Family Studies.  He is the author of ten books, 9 of which are on marriage and family relations.  Between Husband and Wife:  Gospel Perspectives on Marital Intimacy has been a best-seller in the Church over the past five years. Dr. Brinley speaks at Education Week in Provo and at BYU-Idaho each year.  He is a member of the AMCAP board and presents periodically on matters of marriage and marriage counseling to professional counselors. He is a specialist in the area of dating/courtship, marriage, marital problems, parenting, and the family as a part of the larger social order.

He has served as a mission president in the Texas Dallas Mission from 1987-1990.  He now teaches a class on LDS Marriage and Family at BYU along with a Doctrines of the Gospel course. He has presented at a number of Women's Conferences, Stake Priesthood Meetings, and has traveled extensively speaking to LDS groups about doctrinal therapy. His premise is that of President Boyd K. Packer:  "The study of doctrine will change behavior quicker than will the study of behavior change behavior."