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PSYCHOLOGY TODAY | This Is the Secret to Close Friendships

Published: 31 July 2019

Miriam Kirmayer is a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology at McGill University and a therapist who specializes in young adult and adult friendships. She says" one common thread I hear in my work as a therapist who focuses on friendship is just how disconnected so many of us feel from our friends and communities. Feeling lonely or dissatisfied with our social network has less to do with the number of connections we have and everything to do with the quality of the relationships we hold on to." 

A recent global study by Snap Inc. polled 10,000 people aged 13-75 from nine countries and found that, for most of us, honesty tops the list.

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