Keb - most folks get on with life, for good or bad,
without resort to counselors and over indulgent self-destructive navel-gazing...

If this sounds flippant and derogatory, believe me it's not intended that way.
I speak from experience of how Councelling completely f@cked up a close family member's life...

.. and how I, and most ordinary folks, best try to cope with existence and relationships
away from the clutches of parasitic councilling 'professionals'...

We're all grown ups, it's Sen's decision what she does regarding mudcat...
I'd hope she returns eventually.
If she don't - that's that... no point making a big meal of it...