Growing older is often synonymous with a slew of misconceptions: slowing down, becoming frail, and, most baffling of all, losing interest in intimacy and love. As a specialist in aging and sexuality, ...

“Intimacy anorexia” is a term coined by psychologist Dr. Doug Weiss to explain why some people “actively withhold emotional, spiritual, and sexual intimacy” from a partner. Issues related to emotional ...

When a dear friend told me a few weeks ago that she and her spouse had been deeply intimate the night before, I naturally assumed that she was referring to good sex, which also helped explain her ...