# When a group or mentor is the only source of support

Important long-term support need not erase a person’s own voice. The article distinguishes needing people, a helper’s role and transferring all decisions. Boundaries can be discussed without denying earlier help or requiring a period alone first.

For adults in mental health care and rehabilitation, relatives and supportive group members.

- What does this connection provide?
- Is this advice, a programme condition or another competence?
- How does gratitude relate to a new condition?
- Where might another suitable support be found?
- What is accepted rather than only promised?

No dependence diagnosis, capacity assessment or group certification. No treatment change, rupture test or period without help is advised; transition, intake and no consequences are not guaranteed.

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