My wife is a therapist. When a patient is in a bad, toxic, and maybe even violent relationship, the solution is often a breakup. The patient already knows this. It doesn't help to tell the patient just to breakup. They are here because they lack the strength to go through it. Her job is to help them with that and not state the obvious.

I am a father of two kids. They often have problems that can be solved really quickly, but the problem is often just a symptom of emotions, and your job is to help them go through those emotions so they learn how to handle them.