Oh my Dog, I've been through this with my T.

My T is also VERY CBT oriented.

I've been seeing him 3 years now. A huge issue for me was a worry that after that first year was up he would be of the opinion that I couldn't be fixed with CBT and he'd tell me I'd need to find another T. I eventually managed to bring this up to him, and I still randomly bring this fear up to him. He's told me his work isn't done if I haven't accomplished all the goals I set out during our first few sessions, and he isn't sick of me or tired of trying to help me. I think he kind of likes having the long-term patients along with the short-term ones, because long-terms are more of a challenge.

I totally understand what you mean about feeling like your T is more like your tax accountant or something. My T keeps our relationship very businesslike and it frustrated me a lot the first few years. This past year I think I've just finally accepted that he's not there to be my parent or love me unconditionally; he's just there to help me solve my life problems and be supportive and I'm going to have to find a real relationship outside T to be the other stuff I need.

I still get this naggy feeling every so often that I'm essentially not going to get any further with CBT T, and I need to move on, but I can't imagine not having T there to share everything with each week, so I cling to it still.