I've been seeing my therapist for almost four years... over time, we have built up a great deal of trust, and he knows more about me than just about anybody else. He has helped me to get through some incredibly difficult times. He can also make me laugh when I'm feeling awful, which is a rare thing to find in a therapist. I found out last week that he is retiring soon, and I cried for 6 hours straight. I'm having a really hard time facing the reality that he is soon going to be completely out of my life. I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to trust someone again in the same way. My grief about his retirement seems to have triggered a bad depressive episode, and I have been feeling pretty horrible... it looks like I'm going to have to take at least a short medical leave from work. Has anybody out there had to deal with this before? How did you get through it?