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Ben Waters — registered psychologist, with his dog
Ben Waters · MProfPsych · Registered Psychologist
03 — About

I'm Ben. Here's why this exists.

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I'm a registered psychologist and psychosexual therapist with over a decade in complex mental health. I work online with men across Australia — direct, practical, problem-solving therapy.

I didn't set out to do sex and relationship work. But after years in mental health, I kept noticing how rarely anyone brought it up — not clients, not other therapists, not GPs. So I started asking. And men started telling me about things they'd been carrying for years: performance worries, shame, pressure, desire — and the way they tangle into each other.

Most Australian men experience a sexual difficulty at some point — the most recent data puts it at around two in three.¹ Only one in six seek professional help.² And for those who do, the delay can be long: men with premature ejaculation in Australia self-treat for an average of three years before consulting a professional — the longest delay of any country in the Asia-Pacific region.³ That's a lot of unnecessary suffering — for the men themselves, their partners, and the relationships in between.

Two sentences came up over and over: “No one's ever asked me that” and “I thought I was the only one.” Hard Conversations is the answer to both.

A practice built specifically for the men who don't usually walk through a therapy door — to help them solve the problem sooner, instead of carrying it for another five years.

Off the clock you'll find me at the beach, with the dogs, watching whatever sport's on, or trying to coach my daughter into being a much better soccer player than I ever was.

Credentials
  • Master of Professional Psychology (MProfPsych)
  • Registered Psychologist (AHPRA: PSY[xxxxxxxxxx])
  • Additional training in men's mental health and therapy with men
  • Additional training in sexology and psychosexual therapy
  • 10+ years in complex mental health
  • Focus: men's mental and sexual health
How I work
  • Direct, structured, evidence-based
  • Practical skills early — not just talk
  • Psychosexual therapy as the clinical focus
  • CBT, ACT, DBT, EMDR, and systemic therapy where they fit
  • Informed by current research on what works for men in therapy

1 Ten to Men: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (2025). Help-Seeking for Sexual Difficulties Among Australian Men. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Reported prevalence of at least one sexual difficulty: 64.7% in 2022.

2 Ibid. Reported help-seeking rate: 17.6%.

3 Park HJ, Park JK, Park K, et al. (2016). Initiators and Barriers to Discussion and Treatment of Premature Ejaculation Among Men and Their Partners in Asia Pacific — Results From a Web-based Survey. Sexual Medicine, 4(3), e202–e210. Australian self-treatment duration: 36.8 months.