As human beings we all have needs and wants (for love, attention and so on) and have likely worked out a strategy for the best way to have these needs met. Sometimes, a strategy that worked tolerably well in the past begins to work against us and we are left bewildered as to why people close to us stop meeting our needs, become irritable and/or leave. How might therapy help? Not Taking 'No' For An Answer A common strategy for getting our needs met is persistence. We ask oth