The relationship
I hold four standing advisory relationships. One conversation a month, a fixed monthly fee, complete confidentiality, and nothing to keep up with in between.
Four is the number I can hold properly — where I remember, without notes, what was unresolved last time, who the difficult person is, what you decided and why. A relationship that has to be reconstructed at the start of every session is not the relationship you are paying for.
When the four are taken, they are taken.
