If you want to feel closer to your partner this year, listen up! Houston-based relationship and intimacy coordinator Dr.

Couples without emotional intimacy often struggle quietly with disconnection that leaves both feeling unseen. Not every relationship has that effortless closeness where both partners feel fully seen ...

Relational maturity means meeting your partner at eye level. Believing you’re more or less emotional is often a clever way to ...

The American Psychological Association has linked prolonged stress to lower desire and reduced interest in partnered intimacy. When your body doesn’t feel safe, it doesn’t open up easily. This isn’t ...

We all know relationships take work. But there's one sneaky little saboteur that can undo even the strongest connections: emotional withholding. It's when someone deliberately holds back emotional ...

Intimacy is essential for healthy, fulfilling relationships, as it fosters deep emotional, physical, mental, and even spiritual bonds. Yet, many couples unknowingly make mistakes that create distance ...

That’s what my new column Dear Dr. V is all about — real people sharing their intimate dilemmas in love, sex and relationships, and me helping them make sense of it all. Each week, I’ll respond to one ...

Some couples seem to have a quiet closeness that doesn’t need constant explanation. It shows up not just in grand gestures, but in the small, everyday ways they interact with each other. These pairs ...

As important as physical touch is for relationship well-being, new research suggests that feeling aligned may matter more than having identical needs. Physical touch is widely believed to be one of ...

At first you and your partner were sucking face and ignoring how completely obnoxious you were when it came to public ...

That does not mean your doubts are imaginary, but it does mean they need context. Working with a therapist can help you care ...