As you know Mistress, I have sub friends who I specifically support & talk to about D/s issues while also having a group of sub friends who reach out to me for the same. It is part of a friendship thing rather than something formal.

I don't know if I could do that with someone just because they are a sub or a "resource". My life is too complicated to talk to someone who doesn't understand those details about me & it would take up entire conversations just to bring them up to speed (if they could even understand in a way that would make their counseling helpful). But, I think having a resource to talk to for client subs is really beneficial whether it is formal or friendship.