The Verticality of Relationships

Conclusion

Intimate relationships are not always what they seem or appear to be at the surface. They occur at various levels of analysis, observation, and interpretation. We need to look underneath them to find how and why we relate the way we do, positively, negatively, and in between. We may relate one way at one level but in another way at a lower level. The congruency of both levels may be determined by internal factors, that in turn are determined by our history, how we have been nurtured by our caretakers, and how we reacted to them.