Are you struggling to increase the intimacy in your relationship?

These five types of touch may help.

Welcome back to Savvy Psychologist.

I'm your host, Dr. Monica Johnson.

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One of the things I do as a psychologist is help my patients deepen their relationships

with others.

A common complaint I hear is around intimacy and sexual desire in relationships.

Many people don't engage in all the types of touch or play that can enhance desire.

When this is the case, you may fall into the trap of thinking that sex equals intercourse

or that the goal of intimate touch has to be intercourse.

This can limit the types of exchanges you can have with your sexual partner.

These problems can be compounded if there is a sexual desire mismatch, which is when

one partner has a higher libido than the other.

Today I'm going to cue you in.

On five different types of touch, you can be engaging in with your partners.

The first type of touch is affectionate touch.

This type of touch is not sexual in nature, but provides the foundation for intimacy within

the relationship.

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