There is no unique “Companionship Therapy.” It is not a therapeutic orientation in the sense of being a set of techniques, rather the term denotes that process resulting from a specific combination of interpersonal ingredients. The recipe can be stated roughly as: take a nonprofessional or paraprofessional counselor chosen for his interpersonal competence, orient him toward not giving advice, pair him with a client, structure frequent contact into the relationship that evolves, and have a professional oversee its progress. (11 pp.)