The Universal Language of Love

Emotional availability (EA) is the scientific term for communicationthat involves sensitivity, structuring, nonintrusiveness,nonhostility, responsiveness, and involvement.Each of these "ingredients" is defined in the book, andtogether they depict healthy emotional relationships. For themost part, the scientific work has been conducted on parent-childrelationships, and this book describes how to assess emotional availability inparent-child relationships. The book also goes further than that to applyingthese six principles to other relationships, including therapist-client relationships,equal partner relationships (including peer-peer, teen-teen, adult-adult,and so on) and relationships that leaders have with those they serve (includingleaders who work with or who have a ''say so'' about relationships and how they can progress.