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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your friend want therapy? If so, why isn't the friend doing the asking? With any therapy it is so important to take ownership. I have been down the road of trying to find a therapist for a friend and also a family member and you can get sucked into trying to rescue and make the person feel better and then the person complaining the therapist wasn't helpful. I found it worked best to be supportive, validate feelings, but not be the place to badmouth the other person, suggest therapy, but no longer try to be the superhero finding the right fit. The first step is her or him doing the work to find someone. Maybe your experience will be better, but I myself have needed to work in therapy to try to stop rescuing people and fixing things and let them do the work to fix as I simply cheer them on.[/quote]

And my fix, I don't mean that a estrangement can always be fixed, I mean to get some relief from the pain by processing it all, grieving and having healthy strategies if the person tries to reach out.[/quote]

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