How to Be a Good Friend

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Patti German, and I'm a licensed Marriage and Family therapist, here in New York City. In this clip, we're going to talk about how to be a good friend. Being a good friend is a choice. It's understanding that your friend has feelings, and needs to talk, and needs to feel important. If you help somebody feel very special, and by feeling special, you take the time to listen to them, and to share things about yourself. You'll be able to develop friendships, that will be long lasting, and of deep significance. It's being real and genuine, and not using people. Having a friend, is someone that you can rely on, that you enjoy taking a walk with, or having coffee, or sharing parts of yourself as well, so to be a good friend, is understanding the value, and the specialness of another person, and really cherishing it. It's what really keeps friendships growing, and over a long period of time, to maintain it. This is Patti German, in New York City."