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Since that time, I have become aware that her symptoms are worse than I had described. Again, I am not at liberty to discuss them.
If she is distressed by the symptoms, you could encourage her to contact someone that can educate her about treatment options. There may be a mental health advice line in your area that can refer her or you to free or low cost resources.
That strategy has a good chance of discouraging her from getting treatment later. Getting her to call a mental health advice line that she doesn't trust likely won't be positive.
Why do you say that? Also, if she is distressed, then she may want treatment now.
Granted, but why won't she trust the mental health advice line? If she is distressed, she may be willing to consider help from new sources.
If she is not distressed, then CronoDAS can use the mental health advice line to get educated on the options in case she does become distressed.
Basically because there's a high likelihood that the operator on the other side doesn't believe that the spirits she sees exist and suggest she's wrong for believing they exist.
If that would be the case CronoDAS wouldn't have the problem he has.
Often helpline workers are people who formerly needed mental health advice themselves. At least, they'll have training on how to be helpful. I think it's very likely they'll be supportive, and unlikely that they'll be judgmental.
However, this is from a US perspective. Things may be different in other parts of the world.