How to Hold Space for Friends and Others in Your Life

As therapists, we are taught that at certain times, there may be certain cases that you may not want to work with. And so I think when we think about holding space for friends or other people in our lives, we do have to recognize like, okay, do I have the capacity to really be non judgmental in the situation? Can I separate my stuff from their stuff? You know, like, can I really just create a space where they can kind of way through their own things without me adding my own judgment or my own ideas about what I think they should do in this situation?" She says being honest about where you find yourself really can go a long way.