Stray thought: I wonder if people who object to being a free therapist for their partner also object to being a free sex worker.
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Is there any space in the middle for this kind of phenomenon? If so, what would it be like? How to stay above it?
I'm not sure, but I don't think so! I think healthy emotional support with your partner intrinsically deepens the relationship in a way that it doesn't with a therapist, and a relationship intrinsically lacks the objectivity required to play therapist accurately.
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I think there's a very wide range of variation of healthy modes of this - some of them will look more therapy-like in terms of the methods deployed, some of them will look less therapy-like, but they are always fundamentally not therapy in really crucial ways.
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Please define therapy
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I'm not fond of the categories healthy/toxic, especially when it comes to emotions. What are the examples of healthy emotional support for you?
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Healthy emotional support: Feelings are talked about and validated in constructive ways. Each party feels seen and understood by the other. Progress is made. Unhealthy emotional support: The same things are vented at you over and over again and you just have to take it.
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