Or should more definitive guidelines be established by more objective parties, without a personal stake in the answer? (killzoneblog.com)
Objective parties such as attorneys, Mediators, or Collaborative Practice professionals can bring up touchy topics up that might be more difficult to discuss alone and help dissipate some of the emotion. (familydisputesolutions.com)
I can see a limited number of applications where an objective party can better see a person doing harm to themselves, but I don't think this is one of those. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)