'When we base our relationships on meeting each other's needs, both parties are vulnerable to compromising themselves. For example, if we need to be in a relationship to avoid feeling lonely, what are we willing to accept in order to keep the relationship together? Perhaps if we support ourselves more deeply we will naturally become less needy and demanding of others, and our relationships will then be based purely because we love being with them rather than because we need them'. - Brendan Mooney Psychologist