Laura Berman is an American relationship sex therapist and television host. She is the host of In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). She is also a regular guest on The Dr. Oz Show, and hosts her own nationally syndicated radio program, Uncovered with Dr. Laura Berman. She previously starred in Showtime's reality television series Sexual Healing.
Education
Berman received her undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont, where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. After obtaining a master's degree in clinical social work and a
doctorate in
health education specializing in
human sexuality from New York University, she went on to complete a training fellowship in
sexual therapy with the Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center.
Career
Berman is an assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology and
psychiatry at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. She is the author of the books
It's Not Him: It's You and
The Book of Love: Every Couple’s Guide to Emotional and Sexual Intimacy, and the
New York Times best-selling books
Real Sex for Real Women: Intimacy, Pleasure, & Sexual Wellbeing and
For Women Only: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Sexual Dysfunction and Reclaiming Your Sex Life as well as
Secrets of the Sexually Satisfied Woman: 10 Keys to Unlocking Ultimate Pleasure and
The Passion Prescription.
She is a weekly columnist for the
Chicago Sun-Times and has appeared on
Fox News and
CNN and in
The New York Times,
USA Today, and major women's magazines. She also has her own line of
adult toys.
Berman is also a member of the American Association of Sex Educators Counselors and Therapists, the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, the National Association of Social Workers, the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health, and the American Urologic Society.
She, as well as her sister, urologist Jennifer Berman, have been critiqued for their role involving women's sexual health: "The shift of the Bermans' practices from academic centers to the explicitly for-profit commercial sector speaks volumes about the new 'Viagra culture'."[[1] The 'Pinking' of Viagra Culture: Drug Industry Efforts to Create and Repackage Sex Drugs for Women]
Laura and Jennifer Berman co-authored the book For Women Only: A Revolutionary Guide for Reclaiming your Sex Life.[ Amazon.com] Both Berman sisters participated in The Women's Conference in 2004.
In 2016 she published Quantum Love: Use Your Body's Atomic Energy to Create the Relationship You Desire.
In 2021, she started her podcast 'The Language of Love'.[languageoflove.pod]
Personal life
Berman is married to Samuel Chapman. During the course of their marriage, Chapman and Berman became the parents of three sons. One son, Sam, died on February 7, 2021,
aged 16, from what his parents believe to have been
fentanyl-laced
Percocet that he had bought from a drug dealer on
Snapchat.
See also
