Laurie Watson
Owner Director @Awakenings Counseling For Couples And Sex Therapy
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WORK HISTORY
Owner Director @Awakenings Counseling For Couples And Sex Therapy
Marketing, Financial Management, Expansion, Recruitment, Clinical Supervision using Emotionally Focused Therapy, Addictions Specialist. We have over 23 clinicians with training internships serving over 4 states in the Southeast. We train our clinicians in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, individuals and sex therapy.
EDUCATION
International Institute for Clinical Sexology - Addiction Specialist
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Sexology
Azusa Pacific University
MA, Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
Newport Psychoanalytic Institute
Certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
ABOUT LAURIE WATSON
Laurie Watson, Phd, MA, LMFT, LCMHC, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, Co-Host of FOREPLAY Radio Couples & Sex Therapy Podcast, LMFT, Author, Director of Awakenings Counseling, Certified EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) Therapist. She’s the co-host together with global leader in couple\'s therapy, George Faller, LMFT, of the popular podcast – FOREPLAY RADIO – Couples and Sex Therapy which is ranked in the top 10 sexuality podcasts in Sexuality. Laurie says,\"Sex is one of the greatest adventures in a relationship. It makes us feel alive. It connects our minds, bodies and hearts. In fact, sexual and emotional intimacy are intertwined; we need both to be happy. With too little eroticism - our relationship is dull and with too little emotional connection - sex is mechanical. Most of us don’t know how to find this balance. And talking about our sexual needs is so risky. We might cause a conflict; we might be judged; we might not even know what our needs are. Join us, as two expert therapists have a frank, fun and informative conversation to help you keep it hot!\" Laurie speaks directly to couples groups in all kinds of venues on Keeping It Hot for Couples. She has an annual couples online retreat - Great Sex; Great Love. She authored her first book Wanting Sex Again – How to Rediscover Desire and Heal a Sexless Marriage (Berkley Imprints) in December 2012. A popular blogger for the general public with over 15 million reads on Psychology Today Online in Married and Still Doing It and WebMD in Healthy Sex, Laurie also lectures physician residents, PAs and PTs at Duke and UNC Chapel Hill’s medical schools on sexual function and dysfunction. Media Experience Very proudly, Laurie was featured in her hometown in the N&O and local news when she first published her book. Subsequently, Laurie has also been published or quoted in most every nationally popular media resource including the New York Times, Buzzfeed, Goop, HuffPo, WebMD, Glamour, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, etc. As a popular media figure, she is regularly on radio and television in Raleigh and Greensboro and was with Paul and Jordana in MN on WCCO. Dr. Watson appeared for a year on TV in My Carolina Today, for an insta series on Vogue Weddings as well as the Katie Couric Show.
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