MFTs in the Media: Is Friendship Therapy the Next Big Thing in Mental Health?

Submitted: Sep 9, 2024 2:20 PM ET

Publication: TIME magazine

Mention: “There’s little official data on the popularity of friendship therapy, perhaps because it is not technically a specialty; there’s not a separate certification process or degree required to offer it. At its core, friendship therapy is just “systemic therapy”—which examines how an individual’s relationships affect their well-being, and which often forms the backbone of couples therapy—applied to a platonic pair, says Paul Hokemeyer, a Colorado-based marriage and family therapist.”

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