Dr. Laurie Watson
PhD, LMFT, LCMHC, AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist & Supervisor
Director/Owner of Awakenings Counseling for Couples and Sexuality and Counseling Near Me, Laurie supervises 24 clinicians in her North Carolina practices regarding the sexual dilemmas of patients. Laurie says, “Sex is glue. It’s the excitement in marriage, the ordinary holiday.”
Dr. Laurie Watson authored her first book Wanting Sex Again—How to Rediscover Desire and Heal a Sexless Marriage (Penguin) in December 2012. A popular blogger for the general public with over 15 million reads between her WebMD blog and Psychology Today Online in Married and Still Doing It, Laurie also lectures physician residents, PAs and PTs at Duke’s and UNC Chapel Hill’s medical schools on sexual function and dysfunction. Featured in her hometown in the N&O, Laurie has also been published or quoted in nationally popular media resource including the New York Times, Buzzfeed, HuffPost, WebMD, Glamour, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, etc. As a sought-after media expert, she has appeared on the Katie Couric Show and Vogue Weddings and is regularly on radio and television in NC.
Accreditations:
PhD in Sexology; dissertation on Helping Couples Sexually Survive Breast Cancer Using Emotionally Focused Therapy;
Certificate in Addictions
NC Licensed Marriage Family Therapist
NC Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor
Certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Newport Psychoanalytic Institute, CA
Certified Sex Therapist with American Association of Sexual Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
Certificate of Completion of the Emotional Focused Therapy Externship (EFT) and Core Skills
Certified Addictions Specialist (doctoral level) with International Institute of Clinical Sexology, FL
Professional member of AAMFT (American Association of Marriage Family, Therapists)
MA, Marriage, Family Therapy, Azusa Pacific University, CA