Becky and Steve started out as a passionate couple both in and out of the bedroom. After a difficult childbirth and becoming the main breadwinner, Becky's sexual desire took a nosedive, leaving Steve feeling hurt and desperate to please her. Will Dr. Berman figure out why using a laundry basket is the only way Becky can be sexually satisfied? Will Steve step up to help reignite their passion?
Jen and Dan dated for seven years before getting married. Their sex life practically came to a halt on their honeymoon and has been sporadic ever since, leaving Dan feeling angry and unloved. Jen devotes all of her time to being a stay-at-home mom, further isolating Dan as she puts sex on the back burner. The fighting between the couple has escalated over the years. With the couple at their wits end, Dr. Berman arrives to help them find new communication-strategies and ways to help them create a feeling of teamwork at a ropes course.
Jeff and Shannon met in college where Jeff was smitten by Shannon's fun and vivacious personality. They had lots of sex before they were married. Afterward, Shannon all but stopped relations with Jeff, in part because she was overwhelmed by the shame she felt for having had premarital sex. Jeff has dealt with the stress of losing his sex life for years and is desperate for love and affection. Dr. Berman teaches the couple how to reignite their lost passion while also helping Shannon get past her religious guilt.
During the first year of Karen and John's marriage, they shared a passionate sex life. Soon after, Karen noticed that John was retreating from her, and their sex life turned cold. After a year of no sex at all, a hurt and frustrated Karen finally confronted John. He admitted that he is addicted to porn and drowning in shame. Dr. Berman arrives to find this couple on the brink of divorce.
Money problems leave a couple in crisis and without sex.
A wife develops an aversion to kissing.