Laura How
Relationship Therapist
Media & Press
Sexless marriage, desire, affairs, the gender war and what makes love last.
Phone, video or live radio, often at short notice.
For journalists
What I comment on
- What makes a relationship last
- Sexless marriage and “dead bedrooms”
- Mismatched desire, and why long-term couples stop having sex
- Female desire in long-term marriage
- Sex after children
- Men’s experience of sexual rejection
- The sex recession: why people are having less sex
- Affairs and recovery
- Resentment, conflict and repair
- Porn, phones and screens in relationships
- How common medications affect desire and relationships
- The gender war, and what hostility between men and women does to dating and marriage
- How the parents’ relationship shapes children
Also happy to make sense of new research and surveys on sex and relationships.
Give me the topic and I’m happy to go straight on air. No prep needed.
Phone, video or live radio, often at short notice. UK-based, available to UK and US media.
Media & press
Press kit
I work with husbands, wives and couples every week, on the same problems you’re writing about. Ask me a straight question and you’ll get a straight answer. I’m a regular guest on BBC Radio Somerset and host of the Love & Cherish podcast.
Short bio
Laura How is a UK relationship therapist specialising in desire and intimacy in long-term relationships. She works with couples in Somerset and online worldwide, hosts the Love & Cherish podcast, and has more than 53,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Longer bio
Laura How is a UK relationship therapist with over 20 years’ experience in mental health, including work in addiction services. She gained her Diploma in Counselling from the University of the West of England in 2011, completing a BACP-accredited course.
Today, she runs a private practice in Somerset, working with individuals and couples both in person and online. She specialises in sexless marriages, differences in sexual desire and helping couples rebuild intimacy.
Laura also hosts the Love & Cherish podcast and runs the Good Husband Club and Good Wife Club, online communities helping people improve their marriages.
Credentials
- Diploma in Counselling, University of the West of England, 2011 (BACP-accredited course)
- 20+ years in mental health, from addiction services to the counselling room
- Host of the Love & Cherish podcast
- Guest on BBC Radio Somerset and podcasts across the UK and US
Social media
Press photos
High-resolution photos for articles and interviews featuring Laura How. Click to download. Photos: Russ How.
Quotes
In her own words
Free to use with attribution to Laura How, UK relationship therapist.
Marriage isn’t supposed to make us happy. It’s supposed to help us grow.
Most marriages don’t fail because of one betrayal. They disintegrate through an accumulation of small rejections.
A relationship that cannot be discussed is a fundamentally dysfunctional relationship.
Children cope with remarkable things. Poverty, upheaval, even war. What they can’t cope with is not knowing whether mum and dad are okay.
Fifty years ago people smoked at the dinner table, in bed, around their kids. I hope one day we’ll see mindless scrolling the same way.
When a couple avoids sex, its absence dominates the marriage. When they embrace it with intention, sex takes its natural place, as a small but vital part that fuels the relationship.
Sex isn’t a by-product of a successful marriage. It’s a necessary component of one.
Choosing intimacy is not just good for your marriage. It is good for your health, your confidence, your children, and ultimately for the next generation of relationships they will build.
Recent appearances
Podcast & media
More appearances (6)
Love & Cherish podcast
I also host
I host the Love & Cherish podcast, with guests including Dr Warren Farrell, Michele Weiner-Davis and Dr Robert Glover. Here’s what two of them said. Listen to the podcast →
Dr Warren FarrellAuthor of The Boy Crisis and Role Mate to Soul MateYour warmth and your openness, and the way you don’t pretend to have it all together… Your warmth, openness, and vulnerability are deeply appreciated by me.Watch Warren’s episode →
Michele Weiner-DavisAuthor of The Sex Starved Marriage and Healing From InfidelityOne of the best conversations I’ve had on a podcast. I so enjoyed talking to Laura. We are certainly kindred spirits.Watch Michele’s episode →
Contact
Press enquiries
Interview, podcast and press requests come straight to my media manager (and husband), Russell. Email or call for anything on deadline, or use the form below.
Russell (media manager)
russell@laurahow.com
+44 7539 230308