Relationships are the agent of change
medicinerelationshipschangeThe best therapy is human love.
People — not programs — change people. The more healthy relationships a person has, the more recoverable the damage.
From Bruce Perry, in The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog. The clinical implication, for me as a family doctor, is that the relationship is a significant part of the intervention — not the wrapper around it.
Related: Small acts.