Single in Sydney: Sarah meets a celebrity love doctor and gets some A-list tips and senses a connection with JLaw

SARAH gets some tips from a celebrity love doctor direct from Hollywood, as he reveals A-list love tips.

JOURNALIST Sarah Swain has been single (but dating) for longer than she cares to remember.

That’s because it’s tough out there, as any single will tell you, so to bring hope to others across the city, she’s sharing her no-holds-barred adventures on the Sydney single scene every Friday

Week 33 My Oscar-Winning Love Life

I might not have the body, bank balance or wardrobe of an Oscar winner, but I do have an Academy Award winner-style love life.

That’s including my new friend, Dr Mike Dow.

He’s a psychotherapist with more secrets than an A-lister’s nanny.

And, as well as coaching reality stars including the Housewives women, appearing on shows with LaToya Jackson, Ricki Lake, Brodie Jenner, Wendy Williams and Dr Oz, and being resident expert for the world’s biggest dating app, Zoosk, he also works with top secret celebrity clients.

Including a glam female celeb he says is very similar to me.

Brody Jenner has worked with Dr Mike. Picture: Getty

Dr Mike Dow and I at Sydney’s Zoosk party.

You see, despite being fabulous in every way, like me, she’s struggling to find love.

Of course Dr Mike doesn’t kiss and tell, but my money’s on Jennifer Lawrence — especially as this week she said men are “mean” to her, and nobody ever asks her out.

(And I don’t fall over as often as her, but I did pour half a glass of Champagne on my friend’s bag the other day when I turned my phone around to take a selfie. Sorry, Jen.)

Jennifer Lawrence carrying her Oscar for best actor at 2013 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Picture: AFP

Anyway, Dr Dow explains that like this actress, he’d define me as an A-type ‘overachiever’ when it comes to personality traits.

And that’s important when it comes to blokes.

“I think like with you, a lot of men find her very threatening,” reveals Dr Dow of this mystery woman.

Indeed guys often baulk when they find out I’m a journalist, and added to my six foot stature, I can see why I might seem a little intimidating — just like JLaw.

My pal and I at the Zoosk party where I grilled Dr Dow. Picture: Supplied

And there’s more.

“Like you, sometimes she fails to see her self worth,” he said.

“Because when men are insecure, they make her feel bad about her worth.”

But Dr Dow worked with the secret A-lister, on her self-worth, apparently.

And he also helped me with mine.

I’m in the middle of a “paradox”, he reckons.

Me and the celeb put too much pressure on ourselves to find ‘the one’.

And we need to enjoy the journey a little more, he says.

Dr Mike has worked with The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Picture: Supplied

(I recall saying this myself just a few weeks ago!)

But not only that, we need to take control.

Rather than waiting for blokes to ask me out, I should dive right in and ask them, he says.

Dr Mike Dow.

It’s outdated these days to wait, he says — and at least then, I’ll be the one doing the dumping.

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Zoosk Facts

Australia has the highest number of subscribers per population, of any county in the world.

If users mention jogging, running, lifting weights or yoga, they can expect a 21% increase in messages.

Mention guitar, piano, music, instrument or singing and you’ll get 15% more, apparently.

For women, send a first message that includes mention of dinner, drinks or lunch you’ll get a 73% increase in replies.

Men doing the same can expect a 35% decrease in replies. So women should make the first move, and men should back off!

It appears that having a job is important to most singles, with over 60 per cent wanting to know upfront if their potential suitor is unemployed.

Originally published as Single in Sydney: Sarah meets a celebrity love doctor and gets some A-list tips and senses a connection with JLaw