Do Your Friends Treat You Like A Therapist?
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Julia Austin
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When the scales are tipped
In a balanced friendship, Hartwell explains, “Both friends are feeling mutually respected, heard, and given a chance to help the other. Both friends feel good about the friendship and are able to equally reciprocate.” But in a dynamic where one person feels more like a therapist, she says, “In a take-take dynamic, the take-take friend’s balance would be all the way up and the therapist friend’s balance would be all the way down.”
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