{"id":16129,"date":"2024-09-19T07:43:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T12:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=16129"},"modified":"2024-09-18T21:53:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T02:53:28","slug":"sharing-is-friendship-therapy-the-next-big-thing-in-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2024\/09\/19\/sharing-is-friendship-therapy-the-next-big-thing-in-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing &#8211; Is Friendship Therapy the Next Big Thing in Mental Health?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Friends are increasingly going to therapy together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is interesting. I don&#8217;t imagine doing this myself at this point in my life, but there is some logic to it. 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