I learned far more by leaving a bad therapy relationship than anything else that took place in therapy. A relationship that sours seems highly difficult to redeem, the power balance being so unequal and the fact that each side is playing a prescribed role.

As much as it felt like it to me, there's no big authority grading my success in therapy. So I don't think failure is a concept that applied. It was only for me, only a tool, and if it created drama and harm, solely my choice to move on.