At the start, I asked my T how long he thought I would need and he basically said how long is a piece of string. Five months in and I think that was absolutely the right answer. I didn't tell him much at the start, and I regularly freak out and worry that he is going to get sick of me or reject me or make me stop therapy or whatever.

So a time estimate would not have been particularly helpful. Maybe I could get one now, but I don't want one. My T said I can come to therapy for as long as I want, so long as he's alive, and that's more important than having any kind of timescale in mind. It has taken me a long time to believe that he will listen to me for as long as I need, as my parents didn't listen to me (I could be crying and begging my mum to listen and she would just talk over me and ignore me).