Blog

Is Fighting About Sex Ruining your Marriage?

March 27, 2018

All Blogs, Sexual Dynamics, Sex Therapy, Couples Counseling

Balance the between space and get happy sexually. What if you felt as content as this blog picture looks? If sex were not a problem, would you be happy again in your marriage? Amherst, a thirty-nine year old mother of three, told me that her marriage would be a “10” if their conflict over frequency…

February 15th: Falling Out of Love

March 15, 2018

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Sexual Dynamics

Yesterday: high holiday for lovers; today, disillusionment everywhere. It was the high holy holiday for lovers yesterday. Today, there is disillusionment everywhere. Some of us had sex. Some of us didn’t get any. Some of us got some but didn’t really want it to begin with. Maybe the restaurant was too crowded or our indigestion stopped…

Vaginismus – An Anxiety and Sexual Pain Disorder

March 4, 2018

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Pain Disorders, Female Sexuality

A girlfriend called me yesterday saying that two of her friends were unable to achieve intercourse. Full penetration was impossible six months into their marriages. Too much pain was the complaint. While virginity on the wedding day may be rarer these days, some couples do enter marriage with little sexual experience or without having complete…

Sexual Pain Disorders and Suffering

March 1, 2018

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Pain Disorders

“Vulvar pain disorders are often frustrating disorders for treating physicians and always cause sexual dysfunction in those who suffer with them,” says Deborah Metzger, PhD, MD, Medical Director of Harmony Women’s Health in Los Altos, CA. I agree that one common cause of low libido in my clients is pain. Even pain reduction does not…

Witches, Wenches, and Sexual Women

February 28, 2018

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Female Sexuality

What’s the difference between a “slut” and a “good” woman? Is it a coincidence? On Halloween—the same day we are acknowledging the dark and evil side of life—the predominant costume choices available on sale for women are titillating get-ups that makes a woman look slutty? Is it possible that our society still views the sexual woman…

Heal the Whore-Madonna Split and Have More Sex While Parenting

February 5, 2018

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Sexual Dynamics, Female Sexuality, Male Sexuality, Parenting

Healing the Whore-Madonna split and reviving sex during parenthood Jake called into a morning drive radio talk show where I’m a sexpert and reported that there had been no sex in his marriage during his wife’s last trimester. Since their little darling was born, sex had only happened three times – hurriedly and perfunctorily. Another caller Angie…

Making Virgin Sex More Comfortable.

January 23, 2018

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Sexual Dynamics, Pain Disorders, Sex Therapy, Honeymoons

Physicians have asked me for clear guidance to help their patients have more comfortable virgin sex. Her first experiences colors a woman’s feelings about sex for years ahead. The right information can ease pain or trauma and allow positive, joyful feelings to develop. At Awakenings Counseling, we counsel many premarital virgins who have followed either…

Talking with College Kids about Hooking Up

January 23, 2018

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Sexual Dynamics, Parenting

How to talk to your kids about the college sexual culture Do you imagine your college son or daughter hooking up with a potential life partner like you did in college? Well, “hooking up” these days has a brand new meaning. The kids call it “hit it and quit it.” Mostly, it’s the old casual…

Desire and Body Self-Esteem

January 18, 2018

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Body Self-esteem, Desire, Female Sexuality

Today, more and more women are less and less certain of themselves as sexual beings beyond the hype of advertising. Body self-esteem determines desire. Consider Judy: “I just don’t feel sexy. I took off 15 pounds for the wedding but now a few have crept back on and I can’t bear the thought of him…

How To Have Miserable Sex

January 15, 2018

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Sexual Dynamics

Having miserable sex is easy. Do nothing, plan nothing, don’t understand your partner – stick to what you know – yourself. Don’t even give a nod to atmosphere, don’t light any candles or turn on any music, leave your bedroom spartan, spend all the real money on your children’s room’s décor. Keep the temp in…

Is Fighting About Sex Ruining your Marriage?

February 15th: Falling Out of Love

Vaginismus – An Anxiety and Sexual Pain Disorder

Sexual Pain Disorders and Suffering

Witches, Wenches, and Sexual Women

Heal the Whore-Madonna Split and Have More Sex While Parenting

Making Virgin Sex More Comfortable.

Talking with College Kids about Hooking Up

Desire and Body Self-Esteem

How To Have Miserable Sex

Raleigh Office

Greensboro Office