Dr. Charlene Smith has been helping women date successfully, whether it leads to marriage or a long-term compatible partnership, for more than thirty-five years. Her clients have also included married women she helped avoid divorce by using the strategies she has developed for successful dating and long-term partnerships.

Her strategies for senior dating have ranged from a billboard on the highway and online dating, to helping friends introduce friends. Since the age of sixty-six, she has produced a streaming series, Set It Off Senior Style, a show about strategies for getting back into the dating arena, how to date safely, when it becomes a relationship, and skills for loving and having long-term meaningful partnerships.

Over the years, Dr. Smith has been interviewed on Jennie Jones, FOX, ABC, and several local programs about senior dating. She has facilitated workshops online and in person, helping people find love after the age of sixty. In the last decade, Dr. Smith has helped many seniors start dating again and twenty-five senior daters get married.

Dr. Smith has a BA in Sociology from the University of California, a Master’s in counseling from Boston University, and a Doctorate in Management from the University of Phoenix. The most impactful relationship coach in her life is Katherine Woodward Thomas, author of Calling in the One. It was this book that led to her dating later in life and deciding to become a dating coach for seniors. Dr. Smith lives in San Antonio, Texas.