Not exact matches
Only
within this
intimacy does the life of faith receive the
emotional energy and concrete guidance required to move beyond childhood to maturing.
The 7 year itch is a term given to a marriage that has become stale and where one or both partners are starting to look outside of the marriage for physical and
emotional intimacy they are not getting from
within it.
If the physical or
emotional intimacy has started to fade away
within your marriage and attempts to reconnect have not been successful, divorce may be looming on the horizon.
If the non-straying spouse believes the lovers are more intimate than the
intimacy of the spouses
within the marital relationship, they may feel that the
emotional affair is a greater betrayal than an affair that doesn't have that sexual aspect.
Awareness that the structure or nature of relationships is in part defined by both the degree of
emotional immediacy or genuineness of expressive display and by the degree of reciprocity or symmetry
within the relationship; e.g., mature
intimacy is in part defined by mutual or reciprocal sharing of genuine emotions, whereas a parent - child relationship may have asymmetric sharing of genuine emotions.
Some affairs lack any
emotional commitment, while others involve a deeper level of
intimacy and connection than is found
within the primary relationship.
Emotional affairs take away from
intimacy within the relationship and create a wedge between two partners.
Within a dating relationship or a marriage, if the
emotional intimacy is low then the physical
intimacy will feel unnatural.
The cheating may look like an
emotional affair where one partner forms an affectionate but not physical relationship that hinders
intimacy within the marriage.
I strive to help couples and individuals enhance
intimacy, increase sexual communication with a partner, address
emotional difficulties related to sexual
intimacy (such as past trauma or infidelities
within a relationship), and address sexual dysfunctions that have arisen.
Some areas that sex therapy can address are desire discrepancies
within a couple, development & deepening of
emotional and sexual
intimacy, arousal and desire concerns and other important issues.
Commonly, people seek support for desire discrepancies
within the relationship, development & deepening of
emotional and sexual
intimacy,, sexual trauma, abuse & rape, sexual dysfunction such as difficulty establishing or maintaining an erectile and painful sex.
Some areas that sex therapy can address are desire discrepancies
within a couple, development & deepening of
emotional and sexual
intimacy, arousal and desire concerns, difficulties with climax, emerging sexual identities, socio - cultural factors associated with sexuality, open relationships, extra-marital affairs & infidelity, diversity of sexual expression, cybersexuality, sexual trauma, abuse & rape, sexual dysfunction such as difficulty establishing or maintaining an erectile and painful sex.
Emotional affairs are all about causing a lack of
intimacy within the marriage.
Some common issues that sex therapy can address are libido discrepancies
within a couple, development & deepening of
emotional and sexual
intimacy, arousal and desire concerns, difficulties with climax, open relationships, extra-marital affairs & infidelity, sexual trauma, abuse & rape, sexual dysfunction such as difficulty establishing or maintaining an erection and painful sex.
Emotional and physical
intimacy within the marriage dwindles.