Do Your Friends Treat You Like A Therapist?
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Julia Austin
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When to set a boundary
It’s important to give everyone a little leeway, and understand that, sometimes, someone is just going through a rough patch – it won’t be like this forever. You may not need to speak up if your friend emotionally dumps on you at just one or two lunches. When patterns occur, that’s when it’s an issue. “If this is in the beginning [of the friendship], the therapist friend may be completely fine with it, but if it’s later in the friendship where it’s happening frequently, the friend will likely want to take a deep breath and have an inner dialogue about how to respond – should they respond with setting a boundary or should they respond as the therapist?”
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