A person enters therapy with a problem and goals surrounding those problems. The therapist listens, makes suggestions and asks questions so that the client looks at their problem from all angles which leads to the client coming up with the solution to their problems. The client does the work - talking, journalling, drawing, workbooks (whatever works to accomplish the goals. set during the first couple sessions) once those goals are met the person doesn't need therapy anymore for that problem.

Most therapist now only see their clients for a set amount of sessions. this is because most people pay by insurance methods and that insurance company sets down a certain amount of funds for mental health care per client. When the insurance company sends a notice to the therapy agency that the client is nearing the end of their alloted funds the therapist has a decision to make. If the client is not talking, shooting down all suggestions, refusing to answer questions, refusing to work on journaling,and whatever other activities the therapist suggests then the therapist can't give the insurance any reason why they must keep seeing the client. So then the therapist must tell the client you can either pay me from your pocket for my time which is about $80-$100.00 bucks an hour and still sit there and not try to help yourself or you can go see someone else. If the client is trying and actively working the suggestions and activities then the therapist can tell the insurance we are making headway but I need more time and these are the goals for the next 6 months, with that kind of information the insurance company sees their money isn't being waisted and issues more funds. Now I have never heard of a client who was paying $80.00-$100.00 bucks an hour out of their own pockets not progressing and being dumped for not progressing. With that amount of money on the line either they do the work needed and get better or they don't bother with shelling out the money to just sit there.

Now a person who is already looking into reasons why therapy as a whole would end before they start raises serious questions of if the client is going for the right reasons or if the client already has plans to not cooperate with the process. Therapy is only as good as the information brought into the sessions. Thinking about how its going to end before even beginning is like the saying you look hard enough and you will find problems with any situation. Well that kind of sinks the who project into a hole right from the beginning. Right now before you enter therapy is the time to decide why you are entering therapy, wht your problem is, what you hope to accomplish during therapy and how you plan on accomplishing those goals, and how much you are willing to put in to accomplishing those goals. The way I see it now is not the time to worry about endings. And yes a therapist will drop you if you refuse to try and help yourself. Most agencys have a 2-3 year waiting list of people who really need their help and are willing to do what it takes to make their lives better. Having someone who won't talk, answer questions, do activities and so on is a waist of their time, your money, the insurance money and is holding those that could be in serious danger on waiting lists with no one to help them.

A therapist cant fix you or do the work for you only you can decide to do that.

Now there are times when I haven't shared everything with my therapist. a person doesn't have to share EVERYTHING in order to progress.