I saw a therapist in college for about a year. I can't really remember much about him.
My second therapist I saw for seven years and it was probably not really a healthy therapy relationship and it ended horribly and caused severe damage to me. I came out of that much worse than when I went in.
My third therapist I saw for 7 months and he helped me so much. He moved away or I would still probably be seeing him.
Now I have a therapist I have been seeing for about two months and she is really nice, but I don't feel connected and I'm not sure if I ever will of if I can connect to anyone again.
There are so many different reasons people go into therapy. There isn't a right or wrong way to do it. I really don't know what is "too long" or not long enough. I think if you have the means to pay for it you should be able to see someone as long as you want. I don't know though. A therapist probably wants to see some progress on your part or they might feel ethically that they must refer you on to someone else.
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