What is emotional availability?

This entry describes emotional availability as being reachable for feeling, not only for tasks: able to hear a bid, say something true, and stay when the topic is hard. It notes that a person can be present in the house and still be unavailable, and that availability is not the same as agreeing.

What this entry does not do

It does not diagnose a personality, and it does not require either person to be available at every hour.