Robert Paul is an accomplished speaker who presents regularly at professional conferences and enrichment events both nationally and internationally. He has co-authored five books including The DNA of Relationships, with Drs. Gary and Greg Smalley, 9 Lies That Will Destroy Your Marriage, with Dr. Greg Smalley, and Finding Ever After. His most recent book, Restoring Hope: An Integrative Approach to Marital Therapy, written with Dr. Robert Burbee and Dr. Christine Arnzen, is geared toward professional therapists, pastors, and lay counselors, and presents the Focus Marriage Model and Focus Marital Therapy approach that underlies Focus’s successful Hope Restored Marriage Intensive programs.
He is a former professor at Evangel University where he taught in both the biblical studies and psychology departments, specializing in Marriage and Family Counseling, Human Sexuality and the integration of faith into all areas of life. Paul and his wife, Jenni, live in Springfield, Mo., and have been married for over 40 years. They have four children and six grandchildren.