Sometimes, the very best form of therapy (if one chooses to call it that...) is someone who is willing to listen to what you have to say. If they can take it a step further and hear the words you are using and the ways in which you are using them... when you are ready for a response, it will be worth hearing. In a situation where someone is giving you their time, it is very much a part of it all that you listen to the response. Otherwise, it has all been for nothing. This can be done casually in an open setting with or without people around or it can be done in private over a scotch rocks and a pack of reds. We all need ally's in life and there are simply too few people in the world who are willing and capable of being a good and proper listener/responder. If you find one, cherish him/her as their value is without a price.