Here is a post by a colleague, Max Belkin, a fourth year candidate at the William Alanson White Institute in New York, that I really enjoyed. It very much reflects the way I think about intimacy and couples. I like the frankness with which it discusses anger as a part of relationships. The idea of sharing anger and hurt constructively in order to be able to experience more intimacy is central to the couples work I do.
Psychology Today Blog: Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Action