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Welcome to episode 19 of the Sexology Podcast, today my guest is Laurie Watson, LMFT. In this episode we talk about how you can get the spark back in your relationship, and the importance of understanding different sex drives and ways to address them.
Certified sex therapist Laurie Watson is a licensed marriage counselor and author of a book for women with low libido called Wanting Sex Again. She lectures at the medical schools of Duke and UNC Chapel Hill on sexual functioning. Her latest adventure is as a podcaster producing FOREPLAY – Radio Sex Therapy where you and your partner can listen in on a frank and funny conversation with her male cohost designed to help couples keep it hot! She’s a well-known blogger for WebMD and Psychology Today with over 2.5 million reads. She owns Awakenings – Center for Intimacy and Sexuality, is the clinical director for 9 clinicians and has three offices in Raleigh, Greensboro and Winston Salem. In addition to sex therapy and marriage counseling, Awakenings treats individuals and families with basic psychological services.
A popular media figure, she has appeared on the Katie Couric Show and is regularly on radio and television in Raleigh and Greensboro. Director/owner of Awakenings, Center for Intimacy and Sexuality, Laurie supervises 6 clinicians in both Raleigh and Greensboro.
She’s a member of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, has been married for 30 years and has three grown sons.
In this episode, you will hear:
- How important sex is, in a marriage
- What are some of the causes of a sexless marriage
- How couples can develop a power struggle in a relationship through a sexless marriage
- Ways in which in couples can reconnect
- The different sexual dynamics between a man and a woman that can lead to a sexless marriage
- Understanding each other’s sex drives, what works and doesn’t work in the bedroom
- The need for women to have clitoral stimulation to reach orgasm, only 15% of women reach orgasm without clitoral stimulation
- How couples can get stuck in a loop of not having sex
- Overcoming the stresses of modern life, work, kids etc to have a healthy sex life
- The different reasons why men and women will withdraw from sex
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