The intimacy between a loving parent and child makes babies feel secure and stimulates the release of oxytocin — a hormone that promotes bonding.
In an unexpected way, honest discussion of these problems often opens up the possibility of deeper connection and
intimacy between couples.
Specifically, due to the cohesiveness and
intimacy between member dyads, best friendship relations may be most influential.
These strategies often come in the form of both traditional and integrative behavioral couple therapies, which aim to establish greater closeness and
intimacy between the partners.
These findings suggest that individual stress management should be addressed when trying to improve sexual
intimacy between partners.
➢ Past hurts, fear of being vulnerable, or a damaging childhood are all examples of things that can block
intimacy between two people that a marriage counselor can help with.
The co-creation of your very own language as a couple with all it's intricacies and authentic knowing will deepen
the intimacy between you and your partner in powerful ways.
Especially in times of emotional tension, sex brings things back to the physical, providing an opportunity to alleviate tension and forge deeper
intimacy between partners.
Sometimes, that loss of shared meaning during those periods of time in their relationship contributes to a loss of
intimacy between a couple.
In her article «To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This,» author Mandy Len Catron refers to a study by psychologist Arthur Aron that examines whether
intimacy between two strangers can be accelerated by having them ask each other a specific series of personal questions.
The goal is to find the words to build honesty and trust and
intimacy between you again.
The main purpose of this activity is to resolve relationship issues and rebuild love, trust and
intimacy between partners together.
Soft and smooth brush strokes stimulate erotic sensations and propel
intimacy between partners.
While gossiping (talking about other people) should be avoided in the workplace it can build
intimacy between you and your partner.
The result: a deeper connection and increased
intimacy between you and your partner.
Scientific research shows us that exciting, adventurous sex serves a different purpose in marriage than the «normal» episodes of sexual
intimacy between a husband and wife.
This initiative highlights how important being intimate is, as well as exploring and articulating the scale on which intimacy exists, whether it be sexual intimacy or
the intimacy between carer and patient.
There was
an intimacy between us and the leaders and therapists that I thought not possible.
For example, low levels of
intimacy between partners as well as perceived loneliness have been associated with negative psychological states, such as depression and depressive symptoms (Kiecolt - Glaser and Newton, 2001; Alpass and Neville, 2003; Adams et al., 2004).
Li (2010) examined the parent - child relationship of college students with grandparenting experience during childhood and found that
intimacy between parents and children was lower compared to those with non-grandparenting experience; the students felt distant from their parents and the parents did not trust in their children's capability due to a lack of initiative communication between parents and children.
Actualizing this gift requires that both partners ultimately challenge each other to strike a balance of independence and
intimacy between them and at once to strike that same balance within themselves.
When couples / sex therapy skills are used with intense
intimacy between partners, the result is the experience of sexual potential, a realm few people experience because it takes willingness, commitment, energy, and fearlessness.
When these conversations happen they can strengthen a relationship and even be a source of greater
intimacy between partners.
... institutionalised Aboriginal women as immoral and
intimacy between races as a problem which needed to be stamped out.
In particular, the need for security that intimacy typically provides may clash with the sense of uncertainty, novelty, and separateness that fuels desire, such that high levels of
intimacy between partners may stifle sexual desire.
If you can look at these conversations as opportunities to get to know your partner's love maps — their values, their desires, and their priorities — I have a hunch these conversations will go a lot more smoothly and end with a greater
intimacy between partners.
The goal in Dorothy Kaufmann and my Workshop for Couples is to increase
intimacy between partners.
I'm looking for advice on how to bring back
the intimacy between my boyfriend and I.
Check this out from your own experience: if you want to expand sex and
intimacy between you, you have to do things that seem beyond the person you've always been.
In an earlier study, Gable found that active constructive responding was also associated with higher relationship quality and more
intimacy between partners.
We will focus on ways to deepen
intimacy between a husband and wife, and how their unique differences contribute to a balanced and healthy relationship in the process of «two becoming one.»
As you both get used to your new arrival and settle down into a new routine — what about the physical
intimacy between yourselves?
Infidelity can sever the bonds of trust and
intimacy between partners and unleash a storm of negative emotions and feelings that many couples have difficulty recovering from....
Lack of time together slowly loosens the connection and emotional
intimacy between couples.
Nurture your ability to talk to each other openly and honestly without fear of judgment and criticism in order to create
an intimacy between you that exceeds beyond the sexual.
Couples counseling rebuilds
intimacy between partners.
Here are four things you can do to strengthen
the intimacy between yourself and your partner.
It would create unprecedented
intimacy between artists and fans, while making artists truly independent.»
The LSUC voted not to accredit TWU due to its community covenant that effectively bans sexual
intimacy between same sex couples.
Sepuya portrays young men in his community, making visible the relationships and
intimacy between himself and his subjects.
Casteel once pondered.1 Her answer lies in portraits that radiate generosity on the part of sitter and artist alike, wedding an urgent political project with painting that forges
intimacy between strangers.
Estranged from their original context, the former lives of these objects and narratives become transparent, yielding their political, social and practical nature to
an intimacy between the viewer and the visual experience.»
Like other Abstract Expressionist painters, Rothko worked in large scale, which the artist claimed to increase
the intimacy between his work and the viewer, as if larger equals closer, a perspective that grants the viewer greater access to the piece, making it more expressive and perhaps even more vulnerable.
The film depicts
the intimacy between writing and painting in King's work.
His work follows a photojournalistic aesthetic of cropped black - and - white shots with strong contrasts; quotidian images that feature lovers in casual contact introduce
an intimacy between the artist and his subjects that is passed on to the viewer.
Patiently following natural courses of movement over a period of time, Finch produces an art form embedded with a profound spirit of place, conjuring a philosophical consciousness rooted in
the intimacy between the artist and his subject.
Showing
the intimacy between the artist and the cat, Infinity Kisses questions the central role of the nonhuman in the artist's erotic universe and raises questions of interspecies communication.
«Picturing Aritsts» explores the inherent
intimacy between subject and photographer.
Faustine cited artists including Zanele Muholi, Lorna Simpson, Wangechi Mutu, Kara Walker and Grace Jones as inspirations, encompassing themes including resistance, hybridity and
intimacy between women.
There was a palpable
intimacy between the artists, clearly developed through years of working together.