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Old Dec 21, 2016, 07:02 PM
leejosepho leejosepho is offline
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Originally Posted by alexey View Post
...someone who went through a similar experience...words of compassion and encouragement...

...a joined session with someone who's gone through the same experience and was offering advice and encouragement?
A therapist once arranged for me to meet with someone who had been through and had overcome what I was experiencing, but I was not able to believe that person truly understood where I knew my therapist already did. But then later I met some people with the same experience helping others as an avocation -- no professionals involved -- and that made all the difference in the world for me.
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