132. Emotional Needs in Relationships: Why You Feel Unfulfilled in Love

132. Emotional Needs in Relationships: Why You Feel Unfulfilled in Love

January 28, 2026 · 52 min

About this episode

Dr Gemma Gladstone discusses the importance of recognizing and addressing emotional needs in relationships to avoid feelings of unfulfillment in love.

Send Gemma a message Many women struggle in relationships without ever being taught one essential truth: you are allowed to have emotional needs. In this episode of Healing for Love, Gemma explores the concept of core emotional needs through a schema therapy lens and explains why unmet needs sit at the heart of so many repeating relationship patterns. You’ll learn how unmet emotional needs shape schemas like abandonment, emotional deprivation, subjugation, self-sacrifice and approval-seeking ...

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