Hi KimmyDawn,

Thanks for yet another kind note - I really appreciate it!

It sounds like you've done a lot of hard work in counseling, and I'm glad that you have gotten to the place where you can help talk yourself through hard times like this. I'm also glad you have your husband, and it sounds like you can reach out to him a bit as well when times are hard now. And it sounds like you've got some plans in place for when things aren't going so well.....although one wishes things could just go well and you wouldn't need to use the plans you have! LOL! But I'm glad you do indeed have these plans in place and you've done all this hard work in therapy.

I don't have as many plans in place for bad times. Thankfully, I have a couple of good friends here. I feel really grateful for them. Sometimes I can be in touch with them if things aren't going well. I don't know exactly how this will work with my counselor leaving but as you said, we can support one another here, and I sure like that idea!

I like that you called some Ts, even though your initial plan is to stop therapy. It's good to know that there are options if you stop therapy and it doesn't feel right later. If somehow it doesn't feel healthy or safe to go without counseling after awhile, maybe you know there are some other counselors who might work out now that you made those phone calls. So that was brave of you to make those calls! And if you do decide it is best to just move on from therapy, then you still made the calls and helped yourself know the options and feel better about the transition. I think that was really smart :-)

Well, I send you good wishes - thinking of you!!!!

Hugs,
ErinBear