Foreplay Radio – Couples and Sex Therapy - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Listening to this show helped me understand the negative cycle my wife and I were stuck in for many years. Invaluable information on how to communicate and to recognize why the same issues keep coming up; why things seemingly never change; and why we seemed powerless to fix things even though we wanted and tried to many times. Thanks for content that has really helped us recognize when we’ve slipped back into the old moves, and when we need to get working together again.

This podcast diminishes the pain and reality of low desire partners. A groundbreaking study by Dr Cami Hurst which included 1300 participants revealed that low-desire can often be the result of many years of concentual-yet-unwanted (yes that is a thing) ‘duty sex’ by women in an effort to avoid negative reactionary responses by their partners, ie: sulking, coercion…basically anything that happens after the ‘NO’
After many years of this unhealthy dynamic, women not only experience PTSD symptoms, but a full-blown sexual aversion to their husbands, along with a complete shutdown of their sexuality.
Then they are labeled with the blanket term: ‘Hypo-sexual desire disorder’ and are told to check their hormones or engage in sensate focus exercises with their husbands, further re-enforcing the trauma patterns.
Ask me how I know.
If this sounds like you, you are not alone.
While I truly, truly empathize with the husbands who are on the receiving end of this dynamic, they too need to recognize their part. Please do your research on this and perhaps do a podcast episode on the topic and/or the study.
A lot of your messaging is great, but to omit this very real and IMO extremely common dynamic is harmful and doing your listeners a disservice.

Much more of a relationship show than the title suggests. Even the shows about sex talk about the importance of the relationship most of the time. Both hosts have a great understanding of EFT. I wish a had them as my marriage counselors. I wish the shows were longer. Thanks

This is such a helpful series for me. Has helped me better understand and relate to my lower desire partner and be more patient with her as we navigate our marriage.

I’ve gotten some useful tips, but the show is frustratingly heteronormative and leans really heavily into gender stereotypes. I’ve only listened to 2 episodes so far and I’ve already heard multiple fatphobic comments. I would expect therapists to be more inclusive. Besides these things, the content is interesting and helpful.

I have been an avid listener of the podcast since its inception and appreciate the informative content, especially the way it addresses challenging topics in relationships with a light-hearted touch. However, I recently noticed that some of the episode advertising has featured promotions for Adam & Eve, a discount retailer that may not align with the healthy practices in human sexuality that I value. Given this shift, I’m considering taking a break from the podcast for now.