At
other times, a coach, asking the right questions and letting me steer on my own; sometimes my
counselor, lending a listening ear; and
above all this, a loyal friend.
Indeed, true emotional intimacy gives a couple a sense of simply belonging, and, as psychologist and marriage
counselor Dr Rich Nicastro puts it `' it is intimacy in marriage (or the intimacy in a committed relationship) that has the potential to elevate the relationship
above all
others.»