Am going through this issue right now. I've been in therapy for just over 3 years and I really struggled those first few years with allowing myself to trust or get too attached to T because I knew eventually therapy would end and there is no point getting too attached to a person who will just be gone in a few years. I even asked T several times if he was going to die or retire anytime soon. I know you can't predict death but retirement seemed easy to predict. T assured me he wouldn't retire because he loves his work too much.

This week T tells me he's thinking about retirement in the next year or so.
I like to think I'm not that attached to T and I'll deal with it, but I'm definitely feeling like I'm a little boat out on high waters of the ocean without him around.