Start With The Dishes: Certified ...
Start With The Dishes: Certified Sex Therapist Abby Neuberg on Desire and Midlife
Explicit
What She Does Podcast by Annie Sinzinger & Liane Starr
S1 · E41
Sep 29, 2026
49:02
Episode notes

What does it really take to become a certified sex therapist? Abby Neuberg joins Liane and Annie to talk about her path from trauma work to sex therapy, the training behind the title, and the skills the job demands.

This episode covers:

  • How Abby went from trauma therapy to sex therapy
  • What it takes to become a certified sex therapist
  • Why sex addiction is often better understood as compulsivity
  • Spontaneous vs. responsive desire, explained with a sink full of dishes
  • How perimenopause can reshape identity and relationships in midlife
  • The skills this work requires, and the business side no one mentions

Content note: this episode includes frank conversation about sex and sexuality.

Keywords
women in business
entrepreneurship
mental health
sex therapy
women's health
relationships & family
private practice