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Some people may wonder if they can still have sex as they reach the more advanced years of life. Some of these people may find that they are not actually looking for sex, but for something else that they are having trouble identifying and relate to sex: intimacy. Sex is a form of intimacy, but […]

Uncertainty in relationships is something that never ends. It begins with wondering if the person will call you after a first encounter, will they go on a second date, will they say they love you, will they pop the question… and then it still continues. Will they remain faithful while away? Will you be able

If you wish to feel close to people and experience intimacy, knowing how to express your feelings is going to be crucial to achieving those goals. Expressing your feelings in a way that doesn’t come off as rude or hurtful allows you to express how you’re feeling in a way in which you and others

Couple therapists try to deepen questions by asking a client what they think or how they feel about a situation or comment. Answering,“I don’t know,” can drain the conversation, so when a client responds in that way it is normal for the therapist to counter with a follow-up question or a multiple choice question in

Do you want to be happy for a couple of years? Get married. If you want to stay happy, monitor your marriage.  To avoid the natural matrimonial decline, a two-year study of 120 couples revealed that a 7-minute questionnaire could improve marriage over time. Every four months following the first year of marriage, half the

Sexual healing is not always what the relationship doctor ordered. In fact, forcing intimacy in certain situations may actually do more harm than good. In the case of infidelity, it is easy to give in to the desire to reconnect through physical intimacy, thereby postponing the reasons and consequences of the transgression.Abused persons can be

Successful marriages are built on solid communication. Don’t allow a breakdown in communication to erode the foundations of a satisfying relationship. To communicate well, simply play by five important rules. First, kill the chaos; rid the room of anything that would distract you from each other. Second, respect the process and each other; refrain from

Author Laura Doyle provides alternatives to some of the most common, and worst, advice given to married couples. The much touted “date night” that many couples employ quickly disintegrates into another weekly chore. Doyle found that a daily habit of verbally appreciating each other does much more to connect couples. Doyle says that advice to

An enabler is a person who makes it easier for a person with self-destructive behavior, such as addiction, to continue along their destructive path. An enabler forms a co-dependent bond with the addict, in which the addict relies on the enabler to excuse their behavior while the enabler depends on the addict to need them.

A guilt trip is a type of verbal or nonverbal communication in which one person tries to induce guilty feelings in another to control his or her behavior. Defined like this, it becomes clear that the guilt trip is a technique of psychological manipulation and coercion, though we rarely think of them in such stark