How to Build Fast Friendships as an Adult

A therapist’s advice for skipping the superficial stages of making friends

Kathleen Smith
Forge
Published in
3 min readJun 29, 2021

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Many people crave stronger, more authentic friendships as an adult. But the process of building these relationships can prove slow and frustrating when our free time is already scarce.

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Kathleen Smith
Forge
Writer for

Kathleen Smith is a therapist and author of the book Everything Isn’t Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down.