“On a communal level, I want us all to collectively realize the significance that therapy has as a tool for sustaining the connections we have with each other,” writes MasiyaletiMbewe.
book club, Jouelzy, this collective shift in how Black people are beginning to think more deeply about their close friendships can be attributed to a variety of things i.e.
What Mailula highlights here can be observed among my current friend group. We are mostly queer African millennials at varying stages of our careers concerned with navigating finances in the middle of a global pandemic. Because we are scattered across the continent we have to work really hard to check in on each other; how we engage with the concept of community has indeed shifted.
What this conversation all culminates to is a growing, collective desire to begin — or rather, continue — the ongoing process of dismantling the various oppressive systems that work to deprive us of each other. “I believe that people deserve to experience the love that they desire. Romantic relationships do fulfill needs that friendships can’t, friendships fulfill needs that romantic relationships can’t, and so on,” McLaurin says.
One of the things people usually ask when the suggestion of friendship therapy comes up is, “Who is going to pay for it?” I get it, it’s a valid concern. The answer is complicated and may vary from situation to situation. It could look like splitting the costs of a few sessions or negotiating ways we could both contribute. On a communal level, I want us all to collectively realize the significance that therapy has as a tool for sustaining the connections we have with each other.
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