Thanks, peaches. I have tried on that interpretation for size and found that a piece of it is that even though we can each "fire" the other, T really does have more "power" in this because I believe our relationship is much more important to me than to him. Yes, I am sure he would be disappointed if we were to never see each other again, and maybe even slightly hurt if I suddenly fired him, but it would not be as devastating to him. He has dozens of clients and has been doing this for over 20 years. When people work through termination, do they ever ask their therapist how he/she will feel? I can see that could be helpful to know it is at least a little hard for them too.