Talking points: relationships, sex

Thrilled to have Dr. Laurie return! This time, we go deep on sexual attachment. How it shows up, how it's a little different than the attachment styles you might know of, and what might be blocking it in your relationship. There is TONS of good info and insight here, team, so listen closely.

(00:00:00) - What is the “sexual attachment cycle”?

(00:05:59) - Where does the push-pull dynamic start, and how cues to sex slow down in some relationships

(00:14:37) - What secure sexuality looks like on relationship

(00:21:19) - Why men come out of a hookup generally more satisfied than women

(00:27:29) - How do you end the push-pull dynamic and create secure sexual attachment?

(00:34:19) - Navigating intimate conversations, and don’t be fooled by social narratives

(00:43:21) - What creates a sexless relationship, and how to move forward

(00:51:13) - Rebooting sex after a sexless relationship: the blocks

Laurie Watson, Ph.D., MA, LMFT, LCMHC, Director of Awakenings, certified sex therapist, certified EFT therapist, certified addictions specialist from IICS, has thirty years of experience working with couples and individuals about love and sex. Laurie says, “I’ve never seen a couple who I didn’t feel hope for about their healing and happiness.”

Laurie is the host of the popular podcast, FOREPLAY RADIO, ranked in the top 10 on iTunes under Sexuality. Laurie authored her first book Wanting Sex Again—How to Rediscover Desire and Heal a Sexless Marriage in December 2012.

She’s a popular blogger, with over 15 million reads between her WebMD blog and Psychology Today Online. Laurie also lectures physician residents, PAs, and PTs at Duke’s and UNC Chapel Hill’s medical schools on sexual function and dysfunction.

She has been published or quoted in almost every nationally popular media resource including the New York Times, Buzzfeed, HuffPo, WebMD, Glamour, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, etc. A popular media figure, she has appeared on the Katie Couric Show and Vogue Weddings and is regularly on radio and television in Raleigh and Greensboro.

Director/owner of Awakenings, Counseling for Couples and Sexuality, Laurie supervises 11 clinicians in both Raleigh and Greensboro.

Connect with Laurie

-Website: https://lauriewatson.com/

-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurieWatson.CouplesTherapy/

-Podcast: Foreplay Radio: https://www.foreplayrst.com/

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