Iron sharpens iron ,a proverb from the Bible. When we live in isolation we tend to worry which, simply put, is circling around the same issue over and over. A conversation with a trusted friend enables us to see that issue in a different way, allowing us to either let it be or see a path forward.
That path forward may be to have a conversation with someone we have been avoiding or who has been avoiding us. That someone could be spouse or a parent. It may be ourselves at an earlier age. The Empty Chair experience provides an opportunity for that conversation to take place. I can see through the chaos. I can move forward out of this place were I have been stuck.
There has been no change in the other person but change is taking place in me. I can face this issue with a new perspective, letting it be. Enabling new thoughts and new actions to occur as the process unfolds.