Liz let her talk it out to herself. She knew that at this point, she was really only a sounding board, which was a lot of being a psychiatrist anyway. When she was playing shrink, she was just an empathic ear to speak to. She didn't have a problem with that in any way; it was part of what she liked about her job. She wanted to make sure everyone had someone to lean on and hope that when things were all wrong, they'd get better.

"Sounds like you have it all sorted out," she replied, "obviously there's a lot still to go through, but you are as ready as you'll ever be. Now, you need to plan to tell John."