Yeah, that's the question I was going to ask.

I for one feel that I am probably going to be in some type of psychotherapy for the rest of my life. As long as it benefits me, I see no reason to stop it. I also feel that most people, whether they have a diagnosis or not, could benefit from counseling in some form or another.

When I got married, my Medicaid stopped and my husband's insurance coverage began. Therefore I was no longer covered by the program I was in, and needed to change everything over to a new system. This meant a new GP, a new p-doc, and a new T. Everything.

Well, in my initial session with the new T I made exactly the above statement, that I expected to be in therapy the rest of my life. He lectured me about automatic negative assumptions, without even bothering to ask me why I thought that. Then he didn't say anything about setting up another appointment with him.

I knew then and there it was time to quit *that* therapist, and I got the one I have now. Fortunately, he is a very good match for me.

I would like to caution people in general, in case someone reads this who needs to know, don't give up on "therapy" because you have a lousy "therapist." You have the right to get a new one. The way I see it, I'm the one treating my illness. My therapist is the assistant I hire to help me do that. If my therapist isn't doing the job to my satisfaction, I will fire that one and get another one.