Helping couples
keep it hot!
A couples and sex therapy podcast with
experts having the real conversations
about love and sex…
that you’ve always wanted to have.
Brave Love, Great Sex
Harnessing Attachment Theory for Passionate Relationships
LAURIE WATSON, PHD, and
GEORGE FALLER, LMFT
Discover how attachment strategies affect sexual intimacy – and dial up your relationship
Does great sex always fade over time? Good news: Research says otherwise! Securely attached couples have the most frequent sex—in the greatest variety, with the least inhibition. But as most couples know, this level of intimacy requires communication, vulnerability, and trust.
Through their popular podcast and private practices, sex therapist/couples therapist, Laurie Watson and couples therapist, trainer George Faller have helped thousands of couples restore their relationships, in and out of the bedroom. In Brave Love, Great Sex, they reveal how to strengthen both emotional and sexual connections, leading to deeper intimacy and lasting fulfillment.
With research-based advice and relatable examples, they show us how to:
- Identify Negative Cycles: Recognize your sexual and emotional attachment patterns
- Replace Protective Strategies: Learn how to turn fight or flight dynamics into bonding moments
- Shift Perspectives: Move from blame to understanding and shared empathy
- Enhance Sexual Conversations: Improve discussions around specific turn-ons and turn-offs to increase levels of engagement
- Foster True Closeness: Learn how intimacy creates safety and joy in sexual exploration.
This illuminating guide will help couples who are struggling with intimacy issues, as well as those who simply want to dial up their connection, ensuring a vibrant, secure, and lasting bond that is both emotionally intimate and sexually erotic.
Featured Podcast Episodes
In today’s episode we discuss finding the reframe; your partner’s differing perspective that isn’t always obvious. Emotions like irritation or frustration are often signs of disconnection in your emotional or sexual cycle. You feel you are lacking and more easily lose patience, create a negative meaning about your partner and get stuck in your move. The reframe helps you see what’s happening from a different angle.
You’ll still be experiencing the disconnect but you’ll have a better ability to communicate with your love about what is going on for you and learn what is happening for them. The reframe is one of our favorite tools to use in therapy and we know it will be so useful for you! Even Laurie gets in on the reframe action today as George helps her see another perspective in a current situation. Learn how to shift from a place of not having enough patience for your partner to understanding and openness. Keep it hot, brave lovers!
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ABOUT YOUR HOSTS
Laurie
Watson
Sex is one of the greatest adventures in a relationship. It makes us feel alive. It can connect our bodies, brains 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! – Sex Therapist, Dr. Laurie Watson, PhD, LMFT
George
Faller
The best four letter word for intimacy is not fuck but talk. Swinging from the highs of passion to the lows of rejection, sex offers us plenty to engage with and talk about. It can trigger what is best and worst in our relationships. Yet most of us find it difficult to discuss – especially outside the bedroom. I want to take away the stigma of talking about sex and instead celebrate its glorious design to enrich our lives. To truly capture the opportunity for growth in intimacy – let’s talk about sex, baby! – Couples Therapist, George Faller, LMFT
