Joe Beam

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Joe Beam is an American sexologist, marriage and relationship expert and best-selling author. [1] [2] Beam started his career as an ordained minister, but then moved on to found and run several organizations related to helping married couples, and is also known as an inspirational speaker. [3] [4] [5] [6] He has appeared on television and radio programs including The Today Show, Good Morning America, Focus on the Family, The Montel Williams Show, and The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, [4] [7] [6] as well as been featured in magazines such as People and Better Homes and Gardens. [5]

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Career

Beam earned his bachelor's degree ( magna cum laude ) from Southern Christian University, did graduate studies in clinical psychology at the University of Evansville, then later earned a PhD in health science at the University of Sydney with an emphasis on sexual satisfaction. [6] [5] [8]

In the 1970s, he started his career as a church minister. [5] After a tumultuous divorce and remarriage, he then founded Family Dynamics Institute in 1994 with a mission to save marriages and train couples on love, marriage and sex. [3] [8] He has also wanted to help conservative Christians enjoy their personal sex lives without feeling guilt for religious reasons. [4] He believes that sex is important to marriages, and espouses scriptural interpretations which allow for more liberal attitudes towards things like certain sex acts which are seen as forbidden by others. [9] Beam has given seminars to give Christians a more advanced sex education in terms of what the Bible allows, as well as an opportunity to discuss taboo topics they would normally be ashamed of. [10] He ran Family Dynamics until parting ways with them over disagreements with other leaders over some of his attitudes towards sex and sexuality. [4]

Afterwards, he founded the organizations Love Path International in 2008 and then Marriage Helper in 2012. [11] [4] [8] He and his team at Marriage Helper have helped tens of thousands of couples with their courses, coaching and workshops. [12] [6] Marriage Helper is now run by his daughter and CEO, Kimberly Beam Holmes. [5]

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