In Love but Worlds Apart: Insights, Questions, and Tips for the Intercultural Couple

Grete Shelling holds a Master’s and an Education Specialist degree in counseling from Georgia State University and a diploma in pastoral counseling from the Psychological Studies Institute. She has many years of experience counseling couples and individuals in multicultural settings in both USA and Europe, has authored several articles on cross-cultural issues, and has hosted hundreds of young adults from many countries. Born in Austria, she and her family immigrated to North America when she was ten. She is married to Ted, an American. Together they have one grown son, and they enjoy personal and e-mail visits with friends from around the world. Janet Fraser-Smith was born in England and immigrated to Canada at age 10. In her late 20’s she returned to the UK where she met her English husband, Keith. Together they have worked in Egypt, Jordan, France, Cyprus and the UK, and she occasionally accompanies her husband who travels internationally in his work. As author of Love Across Latitudes, a workbook for those considering a cross-cultural marriage, she has contributed to seminars on intercultural marriage in eight countries. Members of her extended family have lived for periods in 12 countries and five continents. Keith and Janet have three grown children and several grandchildren.