here outgrowing some parts of therapy just means you know and use the things a therapist has taught you so you dont need to keep going over the same things over and over again. it also means the problems you went in to therapy with are straightened out for you so that they are no longer problem areas for you.

when this happens with me it means its time to leave the issues that are now non issues and set new goals for my present problems or take a break from therapy until I have more issues to work on.

examples when I was a child the issues at hand were my being raped by someone in the neighborhood, testifying in court against the abuser and PTSD issues.

my abuser was convicted so testifying was turned into a non issue, I eventually stopped having nightmares that the abuser was going to come after me for testifying against him, and I eventually stopped having nightmares about the attacks, and eventually stopped having panic attacks about the abuser.

my therapist and my parents decided I had out grown those therapy issues and to let me stop therapy.

then I grew into being a teen ager and PTSD reared its head again with my dating issues. So it was back to my therapist. At that time I was also diagnosed with depression and other things.

As those issues were taken care of my therapist, parents and I met to discuss whether I stayed in therapy or not and if so what goals I wanted to work on next.

During my adult life the same thing went on and still does. I enter therapy when I have issues to work on. when those are cleared up my therapist and I discuss where to go from there - take a break, or new issues and new goals.