Love languages
The idea that we express and recognise closeness in different ways — through words, time, acts, gifts or touch.
How it shows up
One person shows love by fixing the tap, the other expects it in conversation. Both are giving; neither is receiving. The model isn’t a scientifically confirmed theory, but it is a useful conversational aid.
What we do with it in therapy
I use it as a doorway, not as an explanation for everything. It often helps break the belief that the other person doesn’t care.
See also
Agoraphobia
Fear of situations from which escape would be difficult or where help would not be available.
Schema therapy
An approach working with deep patterns formed in childhood, and with the ways we defend against them.
Core beliefs
Deep, rarely spoken rules about yourself, others and the world, which colour all experience.
