Dr John Van Epp, renowned America Love Coach and author of “How to avoid marrying a jerk”, has conducted numerous seminars and workshops over the past twenty years on topics related to marriage, family, recovery, singlehood, emotional make-up, relationships and divorce.  

His popular curriculum, PICK (Premarital Interpersonal Choices & Knowledge) a Partner, is being taught in seven countries and 45 states by hundreds of churches, single organizations, educational settings and agencies.

Dr. Van Epp also has a second program, Marriage LINKS that applies his Relationship Attachment Model to maintaining the closeness and intimacy in marriages, which he presented internationally in seminars and conferences. 

Dr. Van Epp’s clinical counseling experiences and extensive research in premarital, marital and family relations have been enriched by his previous experience as a minister and former position as an adjunct professor in marriage and family studies. He has an M.A. in Pastoral Counseling and Psychology, and a second M.A. in Church History from Ashland Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Counseling and Psychology from the University of Akron. 

Dr. Van Epp is continuing his eighteenth year of counseling in a private practice and has been happily married for over twenty-five years, and is the proud father of two daughters.

Dr Abraham Lee

A family therapist and motivational speaker, Dr Abraham Lee has worked closely with couples and families for more than fifteen years. Drawing on his wealth of experience, Dr Lee brings with him a rich blend of fresh insights, humour, research and personal anecdotes on relationship and marriages. 

An engaging and popular speaker, Dr Abraham Lee is often invited to speak in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore on marriage and parenting issues. He has also appeared as a featured guest on numerous radio and TV stations and has been interviewed by local newspapers and magazines. 

Dr Lee graduated from American Schools of Professional Psychology with a Master degree in Clinical Psychology and a Ph.D Degree in Child, Family and Marriage Counseling.  He had worked at San Francisco’s General Hospital in the Psychiatry Department and Asian Marriage and Family Centre, researching on treatment and clinical diagnosis for Mental Health.  

He has been happily married for twenty-five years and is a proud father of two sons and a lovely daughter. He is a listed member of the Strathmore’s Who’s Who in USA.

Mohamed Khair and Suriati are a husband-and-wife team who share a passion for helping couples build a lifetime of happiness.  Together, they run SuChi Success Initiatives Pte Ltd, a training and development company which helps others to learn effectively to achieve success. 

SuChi Success Initiatives Pte Ltd collaborates with the Ministry of Community Development Youth and Sports, Health Promotion Board, Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) and many other organisations in designing curriculum development and implementation of programmes and workshops.  

In 1998, Mohamed Khair was appointed by MUIS to lead a team to develop a Marriage Preparatory Course. Recently, Mohamed Khair and Suriati developed a new marriage preparation programme called “Kasih Sejati” which will replace the existing marriage preparatory course at nine current mosque operators. 

Happily married for more than 17 years and proud parents to a 9-year old son, Mohamed Khair and Suriati are able to reach out to couples from all walks of life with their down-to-earth examples and personal anecdotes. They are also regularly invited to organize marriage and family programmes and are regular guest speakers on MediaCorp Radio station, Warna 94.2FM.

A trainer, teacher, social projects director and a pastor, Mr Raja Thomas holds a B.A. in English & a Dip. in Missions.  Born in South India and based in North India since 1993, his work as a Social Projects Director entails him to reach out to the community through development of training, education and counseling programs in the areas of pre-marital, marriage issues, marriage counseling, couplehood relationships and family life. 

Mr Raja Thomas was in Singapore in the year of 1998 to 2000 and completed his studies in Asian Cross-cultural and Discipleship Training.  He then went back to Gujarat North India to continue his work.  Shortly after that, he found his lovely bride Angeline, got married and they are now the proud parents of 2 young, lovely daughters. 

Currently, Mr Raja Thomas is back in Singapore to complete his Masters in Divinity education.  As part of his studies, he is now serving in a local church specializing in his areas of preaching and social work.