Having blogged about Habits for a Healthy Marriage, by Richard P. Fitzgibbons M.D. (Ignatius Press), I contacted the author so that he could develop his thoughts further. At first I was keen to know if, during his 40-year career helping married couples, he had noticed a change in the kinds of problems that crop up. He tells me that the leading psychological problems that interfere with mature love in marriage and family life continue to be selfishness, excessive anger, a control compulsion and emotionally distant behaviour – adding that “without forgiveness spouses will remain psychological prisoners of past hurts and anger which they unconsciously misdirect into their marriage and family.”