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Originally Posted by seventyeight
interesting cmac, we're sort of in the same boat. i've not been with my therapist for nearly as long as you, but she's the same age as yours and i wonder what will happen when she retires. i think this is a bit different from "terminating" because you decide to leave; for me at least it's going to 'end' because she has to go. if i really think about it - i'd say that this is my preference, but i'm still not looking forward to it (of course).
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I told her I was feeling really anxious about it in our session on Saturday and she tried to assure me that she was perfectly happy working part-time in her private practice & she also said I would be the second person she would tell when she in fact decides to totally retires (she would tell her husband first
). I have asked her a couple of times: "What happens if something terrible happens in my life and you have retired?" Her answer: "Then you call me." I do have her work, cell and home phone numbers and she lives about 15 minutes form me...I just don't want anything to happen to her. I have gotten so used to having a consistant, caring person in my life for so long now...something I was totally deprived of as a child and teenager. I started seeing her when I was 30. I am happily married to a great guy for 31 years now...but she fills that mothering gap I missed out on.
