Yes, it's expensive, and yes, I do think that for myself, it is kind of self-indulgent. At this time, I could get by without it. I am not unstable.

I change my frequency of going to therapy to match my needs. There have been times when I dropped down to one appointment every 3-4 weeks. Now I am back up to going every 1-2 weeks because I am in greater need currently. I like that flexibility and find it easier to increase my frequency now than it would be to decide to restart therapy after quitting. So I keep going perhaps just to maintain the relationship and have T in my back pocket so I can pull him out when I may need him.

I am going through something super hard right now and had a session with T today, and it was INVALUABLE. Maybe some would christen that self indulgent, but I'm not going to examine that too closely. It is helping me so I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

For the last couple of years I have itemized deductions and gotten bucks back due to my medical expenses. That really helps a lot, since I pay out of pocket for my therapy.