Certified Sex Therapist

She is licensed as both a clinical social worker and a marriage and family therapist.

and is also a certified sex therapist, which is what we're talking about today.

Sarah works with women and gender expansive folks who reach new levels of safety, intimacy, self exploration, and pleasure.

So this is Sarah Ryan.

You know, I did that through college.

That's the career I wanted.

I became a certified sex therapist.

So my other licenses, I became a therapist, general, specialized in sex therapy.

Can someone deeply love their partner and still have an affair? What are they actually looking for when they step outside the relationship? And after betrayal, what does forgiveness really mean and what doesn't it mean? My guest today is Dr.

Laurie Watson, a nationally recognized sex and couples therapist, a sex-certified sex therapist and supervisor, an emotionally focused couples therapist.

She's the author of Wanting Sex Again and co-author of Harnessing Attachment Theory for Passionate Relationships.

She's also spent decades helping couples understand the emotional and sexual patterns that keep them disconnected and how to find their way back to each other.