Laurie B. Mintz, Ph.D.

Laurie Mintz, Ph.D., is a tenured Professor of the University of Florida and a psychologist with over twenty 20 years of clinical experience. She completed a doctorate in Counseling Psychology at Ohio State University and an internship at the UC-Irvine Counseling Center. In her current academic position, Dr. Mintz teaches clinical coursework, such as Counseling Psychology Practicum and Issues in Sex Therapy, and supervises the research of doctoral students. Along with her full-time academic position, for the last 20 years, Dr. Mintz has maintained a part-time private practice working with adults and couples.

Dr. Mintz has published 41 articles in academic journals and 6 chapters in academic books. She has also presented over 60 papers at national and international conferences. Dr. Mintz has received numerous teaching awards and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Fellow status requires that a person's work has had a national impact on the field of psychology.

She is the author of A Tired Woman's Guide to Passionate Sex: Reclaim Your Desire and Reignite Your Relationship, which aims to help women re-gain their interest in sex. Dr. Mintz wrote this book from both a personal and professional perspective: She is a tired woman who has re-gained her own once lost passion and a psychologist who specializes in treating women and couples for sexual problems. A study conducted by Dr. Mintz and her colleagues presented at two national professional conventions found that women who read A Tired Woman's Guide to Passionate Sex increased their sexual desire by 60% and their sexual arousal by 42%.

Professor Mintz has been quoted in numerous newspapers and magazines including Prevention, Glamour, and the Chicago Tribune. She has also been interviewed by CNN Headline News and several National Public Radio programs.

She resides in Gainesville, Florida and has two daughters, ages 18 and 21. Thanks to following her own advice, she keeps her stress level low and maintains a passionate and satisfying sex life with her husband to whom she has been married for 25 years.