Love demands the reassurance of touch. Most fights are really protests over emotional disconnection. Underneath the distress, partners are desperate to know: Are you there for me?

Here is a great article on Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, an approach to counselling that really gets to the bottom of the relationship distress that I’m seeing in my practice. The article was written by  Sue Johnson, a leading expert on Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.