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

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

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Some of us are driven by desperation in love. For others, the fear of love is ...

What’s emerging isn’t a rejection of desire, but a refinement of it. Intimacy is being approached with more intention and ...