LAURA HECK, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified Gottman therapist, and sex therapist in private practice, working exclusively with couples to manage conflict and deepen intimacy and pleasure. Laura is co-author of Reconnect: A Marriage Counseling Workbook and co-host of Marriage Therapy Radio. Laura has been married to her lover and best friend for the past 15 years, and they have a precocious nine-year-old son, two dogs, and a Sprinter van.