Sentences with phrase «avoid emotional intimacy»

I've tried to explain that I'm not trying to avoid emotional intimacy, I just can't figure out how to give her what she wants.

The authors suggest that that sexting is a way of avoiding emotional intimacy or as a substitute for other forms of «in person» closeness and intimacy that make them uncomfortable.

Not exact matches

«An intimate relationship with a therapist can [be] a reparative experience — repairing childhood wounds — but mostly it's about helping the patient to experience and tolerate emotional intimacy, analyzing the client's anxieties about being vulnerable and every mechanism one uses in order to avoid being exposed.»

Authors John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman teach couples the skills needed to maintain healthy marriages, so partners can avoid the pitfalls of parenthood by: • Focusing on intimacy and romance • Replacing an atmosphere of criticism and irritability with one of appreciation • Preventing postpartum depression • Creating a home environment that nurtures physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as cognitive and behavioral development for your baby Complete with exercises that separate the «master» from the «disaster» couples, this book helps new parents positively manage the strain that comes along with their bundle of joy.

But because the newly divorced are vulnerable, «it's essential to avoid emotional attachment, expectations for companionship, and hopes for genuine intimacy.

Some are comfortable (and even crave) emotional intimacy, while others like to avoid topics that feel too close to the bone.

The sassy successful, real estate mogul Fonda has dated most of her life but has built up walls to protect herself, thus avoiding intimacy; she's missing an emotional attachment.

In And Baby Makes Three, Love Labâ «cents experts John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman teach couples the skills needed to maintain healthy marriages, so partners can avoid the pitfalls of parenthood by: â $ cents Focusing on intimacy and romance â $ cents Replacing an atmosphere of criticism and irritability with one of appreciation â $ cents Preventing postpartum depression â $ cents Creating a home environment that nurtures physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as cognitive and behavioral development for your baby Complete with exercises that separate the â $ masterâ $ from the â $ disasterâ $ couples, And Baby Makes Three helps new parents positively manage the strain that comes along with their bundle of joy.

Couples often seek counseling to assist them with the following: communication difficulties, intimacy, emotional expressiveness, alternatives to separation or divorce, promoting family cohesiveness and cooperation, cooperative parenting, affairs, conflict resolution, sexual difficulties, balancing relationships and family responsibilities, time management to enhance couple intimacy and satisfaction, improve marital satisfaction, couple enrichment, strengthening partnership and committment, improving the quality of life as a couple, enhancing romantic love, learning to prioritize the marriage, couples communication assessment, exploring patterns of interaction, the development of healthy patterns of communication and behavior for new couples as they strive to build a strong foundation of love, learning how to speak with respect and understanding with their partners, avoiding abusive and toxic interactions.

«Analyzing Affection Intimacy in your LTLR Exercise» «Emotional Self Awareness (ESA) Exercise» «My Vision for My Relationship» «How to Avoid Differentiation» «A Checklist for Relationship Health» «Betrayal and Trust Building Behaviors»

Communication / Conflict, Betrayal of Trust, Loss / Grief, Lack feeling «in love» anymore, Trauma, Trying to avoid divorce, Emotional or Sexual Intimacy struggles, Spiritual struggles.

If you don't, it's all too easy to use distance to avoid conflict; intimacy is lost because you both are constantly feeling that you walking through emotional minefields and can't be open and honest.

Be mindful of your experience of emotional closeness — are you open to and accepting of an increase in emotional intimacy, or do you feel uneasy and find yourself shutting an emotional door in order to avoid a deeper level of connection?

Emotionally unavailable people either have relationships with multiple people at a time to avoid serious commitment, or tend to steer clear of relationships altogether, usually due to childhood trauma or fear of emotional intimacy.

In And Baby Makes Three Love Lab ™ experts John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman teach couples the skills from their successful workshops, so partners can avoid the pitfalls of parenthood by: • maintaining intimacy and romance • replacing a culture of criticism and irritability with one of appreciation • preventing post-partum depression • creating a home environment that nurtures physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as cognitive and behavioral development for your baby Complete with exercises that separate the «master» from the «disaster» couples, And Baby Makes Three helps new parents positively manage the strain that comes along with their bundle of joy.