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[quote=Anonymous]Try to empathize and say that everyone needs someone to talk to sometimes.  Suggesting the therapist doesn't mean that you think she's depressed.  It's normal to be sad when something bad happens, but when that sadness interferes with functioning (missing school and meals).  Sometimes stuff happens that is so bad it overwhelms our normal ways of coping and we need to go back to therapy and change meds as part of our coping.

I would also give her a little feminist love -- it's always hard to break up, but she's so young that you expect she will go through a lot of breakups before she finds someone to marry or settle down with.  Now is the time of her life where she should date more not less.  Breaking up also isn't something one should frame as "there is something wrong with me" - sometimes peoples lives just don't mesh.  There are many people I have loved in life but who weren't right for the long haul.  Letting go of people so they can be who they need to be is a kindness, even if you feel alone for awhile.

That is why talking to a therapist can be helpful -- no one wants to process healthy love, sex and relationship with their own parents, and the parents advice is always suspect.  Better to see a therapist and process what happened in a healthy way and hopefully get back to full functioning sooner. 
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