Are you normally the one in the relationship who wants to have sex all the time?

Or are you on the other end of the spectrum and feel like your level of desire is typically

lower than your partners?

Either way, I've enlisted the help of Drs. Focal Mercy and Vensil to tell us all about

sexual desire discrepancy in relationships and give us a few tips on how to manage it

in our sexual relationships.

We'll also update us on their new book on this topic called Desire, out August 22nd.

Welcome back to Savvy Psychologist, I'm your host, Dr. Monica Johnson.

Every week on this show, I'll help you face life challenges with evidence-based approaches,

a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment.

I am so pleased to have Dr. Focal Mercy and Dr. Vensil here today to help us understand

the topic of sexual desire discrepancy.

Thank you for having us.

Happy to be here.

Yeah.

And so to get us started, can you help us by defining what a sexual desire discrepancy

is?

Oftentimes when we're talking about sexual desire discrepancies, we're talking about a

differing level of interest in how often partners want to be sexual with one another.

That also could be expanded, however, to be thinking about differences in the types of

sexual activities that partners want to be having with one another.

And if you find yourself in a partnership where you may have a lower desire, or want

...