My T is doing what is best for me. I know he has done all that he can and he knows that too. So the ending is mutual. However, I have major abandonment issues and it is very hard for me to let go of someone who I have a great realationship with. Yes it is a professional relationship. He has been great and I have looked at him like a father to me (in my mind that is) since I never had any family that didn't abuse me. It was good for me to look at him that way in therapy and getting to the root of my father issues, but it goes so deep with me and I don't want to let go of it. I feel like I am loosing my best friend.

I understand your example about the violin. I totally get it. It just my feelings about my therapist run so deep of a father role that it is like he is dying to me. I hope I am explaining this.

I do feel my T has done everything he can and I know he would never point me in a direction that is not going to help me. I've come to really trust him and respect him as well as look at him like that father figure.