Intimacy: the art of working out your relationships

Couples should build their intimacy by communicating and being open with their emotions. Each mate should understand their past family lives to get a sense of themselves. They should listen to each other without judging or advising. Sexual problems can result from lack of intimacy.
Most of what goes wrong in relationships can be traced to hurt feelings, miscommunication, and disilusionment - leading partners to erect defenses against one another. By Lori H. Gordon,Ph.D. Confusion. [...]