title: Amazing Friendships: How to Make and Keep Good Friends the Friendcraft Way!
author:  Paul Barrass 
description: Paul Stuart Barrass has spent more than twenty-five years in the British National Health Service as a mental health and personal development professional. Currently, he works with patients and caregivers and develops programs that demystify subjects such as dementia, coping with change, leadership skills, and personal development. He enjoys reading, steam railways, historical studies and meeting friends old and new as he travels widely teaching and writing more about the Friendcraft Way. He and his wife, Shirley, and their Jack Russell Terrier live in Derbyshire, England.
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  FRIENDSHIPPING
  
  
  > The Art of
  
  
  > Finding Friends, being Friends,
  
  
  > and keeping Friends
  
  
  ![Image](images/00001.jpg)
  
  
  > Jenn Bane and Trin Garritano
  
  
  > ![Image](images/00002.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  [**Introduction**](index_split_003.html#filepos7350)
  
  
  [Part One](index_split_004.html#filepos10949)
  
  
  [On Making Friends: The Basics](index_split_004.html#filepos10949)
  
  
  [Why Making Friends Can Feel So Difficult](index_split_007.html#filepos12622)
  
  
  [Before You Begin](index_split_008.html#filepos17439)
  
  
  [Where to Start: Defining Friendship](index_split_009.html#filepos25896)
  
  
  [Consider the Friends You May Already Have](index_split_012.html#filepos34230)
  
  
  [Where to Meet New Friends](index_split_014.html#filepos41901)
  
  
  [How to Make the First Friend Move](index_split_017.html#filepos67272)
  
  
  [How to Invite Someone to Hang](index_split_025.html#filepos116953)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part Two](index_split_028.html#filepos125989)
  
  
  [On Being Friends: The Common Issues](index_s