Richard Nicastro, Ph.D.

Emotional intimacy and connection must be worked at in order to create and maintain a fulfilling relationship. Learn the conditions needed for a deep emotional connection with your spouse/partner.

All relationships have to potential to enter into a debilitating crisis. Protect your marriage/relationship by discovering the common causes of a marriage/relationship crisis.

Whether you're feeling totally overwhelmed or slightly frustrated by the frenetic pace of the holidays season, it's easy to lose perspective about what's most important and valuable to you during this holiday season--your relationships. This article offers a straightforward tip to avoid this common holiday pitfall.

In order to have a successful and fulfilling marriage or relationship, couples need to be aware of why relationships fail. Discover five reasons marriages fail and how to prevent your marriage from becoming a statistic.

When relationships are new, couples act in ways that nurture feelings of mutual like. As marriages and relationships mature, couples forgot about how important liking one another is to the overall health of their relationship. Discover how to bring like back into your relationship.

There are many marriage and relationship advice services and products online that make dramatic claims about what they can do for your relationship. This article explores the downside of over-hyped sales pitches and the importance of maintaining a level of healthy skepticism.

Marital conflict is a natural part of any long-term relationship. Conflict can be healthy and strengthen your relationship or it can be unhealthy and weaken it. Discover if you and your partner argue in healthy or unhealthy ways.

A healthy marriage relies upon healthy communication. The words you choose each and every day have a profound impact on your spouse/partner and can either strengthen or weaken your marriage. Discover which words to use and which to stay away from if you want a stronger relationship.

The words couples use while communicating is vital to creating a stronger, more intimate relationship. Learn how the power of "team language" can increase intimacy and stop conflicts from spirally out of control.

Men and women often achieve intimacy through different pathways. When these differences go unacknowledged, it can appear like a fear of intimacy is at work. Learn how to appreciate the different intimacy paths that you each use to feel emotionally close.