Do Your Friends Treat You Like A Therapist?
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Julia Austin
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Refer them to an actual therapist
“I definitely understand this dynamic and it can be very stressful and change the dynamic of the relationship in which the therapist friend may take a step back from the friendship,” says Hartwell. But if you don’t want to end or take space from the friendship, Hartwell suggests encouraging your friend to seek help from an actual therapist, to remove that burden from the friendship. She does admit, however, that with some friends she’s suggested this, “They have not [seen a therapist] for various reasons, whether it may be income, fear-based, [being] unsure of what to expect or what will happen, not being able to make room for it in their schedule, or whatever the case may be.”
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