Laurie Watson, LMFT, is a Certified Sex Therapist, and is further certified in and a supervisor for Couples Emotionally Focused Therapy. For the past twenty-four years, she has focused exclusively on couples and sexual problems in her clinical work. She owns and directs Awakenings Center for Couples and Sex Therapy in Raleigh, North Carolina.

George Faller, LMFT, is a renowned trainer of couples therapists in Emotionally Focused Therapy, as well as a sought-after supervisor and therapist in EFT. With experience as a New York firefighter during 9/11, George teaches therapists how to stay calm and deescalate high-conflict couples. His online training platform, Success In Vulnerability, has trained thousands of therapists and he travels across the globe providing in-person training.

Together they host the podcast Foreplay-Couples and Sex Therapy.