There’s a lot of confusion about intimacy, what it really is, and how to make it happen. There are couples married decades that can be physically close but don’t know how to be emotionally intimate.

New research published in Violence Against Women identifies distinct profiles of love in romantic relationships and links ...

Few human endeavors are as rewarding and potentially frightening as acts of intimacy. In Robert Sternberg's triad of love—passion, intimacy, commitment—the intimacy stage of a relationship ...

Here’s why emotional maturity, insight, self-control and communication skills can sometimes mask a deeper fear of closeness.

Happy marriages aren’t happier because the people in them got luckier, married their soulmate, or avoid conflict altogether.

DEAR ANNIE: I have been married to my spouse for two decades and in a committed relationship with him for 23 years. We are parents to a 17-year-old son. While our relationship is characterized by ...