Professor Ayala Malach Pines is on the faculty of the School of Management at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, and is a clinical psychologist specializing in work with couples in both Israel and California, where she lived for many years. She is the author of ten books, including Couple Burnout: Causes and Cures, and Romantic Jealousy: Causes, Symptoms, Cures (both published by Routledge), as well as twenty book chapters and close to sixty research articles. Professor Pines has presented her work at many international conferences and in the popular media.