Sounds like you and your companion have set some very good intentions as it is. I believe you get what you put into things. It takes the right perception to see what you need to enable to heal. Once this is open the messages come in and the healing begins.
I hope the healing perception opens in this person that is struggling with pain. It's like a clinched fist. You don't even realize it's been clinched for years until you look down and open your hand. Suddenly you realize you could have opened your hand at any moment. You just never thought to do it because the focus was never there. Once that focus is there the hand can open and it happens in an instant. Like dropping something that is hot.
Healing is hard. Anything worth doing is hard. It's uncomfortable and it takes courage and strength. I wish you both the best although I have confidence that everything is as it should be. Everything is perfect. Nothing to change. Nothing to move onto. It is what it is. And it is the perfect time to begin healing for your friend. It could not happened any other way. It's here now for balance. This person had their fair share of pain, now it's time for love. The tides go in and the tides go out.
"In the universe there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamans call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link." ~Carlos Castaneda