Thomas S. Greenspon, Ph.D., is a Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who left an academic career in 1977 to enter full time private practice with his wife, Barbara. Over the years, the greater part of their practice has been devoted to gifted and talented children, adults, and families on a wide range of issues. They are past co-presidents of the Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented, and Tom is the recipient of the MCGT Award for Distinguished Service to Gifted Individuals. Tom has presented to numerous local, national, and online groups of parents, teachers, and mental health professionals. He has published a number of professional articles on giftedness as a part of self experience, and on other topics such as intimacy and couples’ therapy, and the origins and treatment of perfectionism. One of his books, Freeing Our Families From Perfectionism, has won the National Parenting Publications Gold Award and a Parents’ Choice Award.