How much body does a human need for love and sex?
58m
Georg Fraberger
Psychologist and Author
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Get AccessFull VideoContent: In this interview, psychologist Georg Fraberger shares his perspective with sexologists and clinicians to rethink some of the most fundamental assumptions about body, attractiveness, intimacy, and sexual experience. Born without arms and legs, Georg Fraberger draws on his lived experience, as well as his work and books, to explore how love, desire, and connection extend far beyond physical form.
Throughout the conversation, Georg Fraberger shares examples from both his past and present life with remarkable genuineness and simplicity, offering insights that are both deeply personal and clinically meaningful. He highlights the importance of showing our own vulnerabilities and authentic selves when connecting with others, suggesting that intimacy is not built on perfection or performance, but on openness and emotional presence.
A recurring theme in the discussion is his emphasis on recognising similarities rather than differences. Georg Fraberger reflects on how meaningful it was for him to realise that his experiences of attraction, desire, and relationships share common ground with those of other men and women, rather than being defined primarily by his disability. This perspective challenges clinicians to move beyond assumptions of “otherness” and to approach clients with a more integrated and humanised understanding of sexuality.
Through a deeply reflective and clinically relevant dialogue, Georg Fraberger also addresses themes such as masculinity, desirability, flirting, sexual pleasure, and the impact of social learning, while exploring the relational dynamics that can emerge in couples navigating disability.
For sexologists and mental health professionals, this talk provides a meaningful opportunity to expand clinical thinking, moving beyond function and performance toward a more nuanced understanding of intimacy, identity, and human connection. It encourages clinicians to approach their work with greater curiosity, compassion, and openness to the diverse ways people experience love and sexuality.
Produced in 2026
Georg Fraberger
Psychologist and Author
Speaker
Georg Fraberger was born in 1973 without arms and legs. He studied psychology and graduated in Vienna in 2000. Afterward, he lived in England for a year, working in a neurology department. Upon his return, he worked as a clinical and health psychologist at the University Clinic for Orthopedics at the Vienna General Hospital (AKH), a position he held for the next 20 years.
In 2007, he received his doctorate in psychology. Since then, he has regularly worked as a seminar leader and lecturer at various universities, as well as in his own private practice. In 2013, Fraberger began writing about his experiences and is now a successful author with best-selling books.
The psychologist’s work focuses on motivation, communication, stress, resilience, inclusion, love, and the meaning of life. He explores the questions of what makes us human, what drives us, and how and why a fulfilling daily life can and should be created for every individual, despite illness and suffering. These questions become essential when it comes to managing the demands of work and family effectively and without stress.
Fraberger also addresses these topics as a speaker throughout Europe. He usually travels by car for his lectures. Mobility, therefore, plays a crucial role not only in his wheelchair; “mobility means freedom,” the psychologist explains. This has made driving his second great passion.
In his private life, the three-times married man strives to be a good father to his six children, enjoys traveling, and loves opera. Fraberger dedicates his time intensively to psychology, photography, and writing. He always tries to meet life’s many challenges with openness and compassion.