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On the Fear of Intimacy

Nowadays we’re pretty tough on people who have a certain type of fear: people who are afraid of getting close, people who have to sit alone for quite a long time every day, people who don’t always find it easy to say what’s on their minds. But these people deserve sympathy and understanding, not criticism.

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People Not to Fall in Love With

Relationships

People Not to Fall in Love With

It may sound ungenerous to throw the emphasis on the negative but we can fairly say that people who are…

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The Need for Honesty on Early Dates

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The Need for Honesty on Early Dates

One of the first priorities for any suitor on an early dinner date is – typically – to strive to…

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The Difficulties of Impotence

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The Difficulties of Impotence

Seldom do we need the insights of psychotherapy as urgently as when it comes to cases of male heterosexual impotence.…

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How to Break Logjams in a Relationship

Relationships

How to Break Logjams in a Relationship

We spend a lot of time in relationships feeling annoyed and upset by the other’s evidently maddening behaviour. Why can’t…

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Getting Better at Picking Lovers

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Getting Better at Picking Lovers

For a long time, it can seem as if we are just ‘unlucky’ in love. We spent three years with…

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Picking Partners Who Won’t Understand Us

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Picking Partners Who Won’t Understand Us

To pick a partner who might not understand us seems – on the surface – a most peculiar thing to…

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