Ex T didn't handle telling me about his retirement well, especially since he had told me that 'we would work thru' my dependency and we definitely hadn't done that, nor were we able to do that. I did have 3 other ts who were very supportive. Even t3 who said he had done nothing wrong in retiring said that he had made a mistake in telling me that being dependent would be ok and we would work through it. Two years later, I am ok with it. And actually glad that i quit seeing him before he retired because that is what got me to t3 who is proving to be extremely helpful. Even when I heard that he was still seeing long term clients, I was glad that I ended with him when I did and did not keep seeing him until he really did close down. I think he has still not completely closed down. So his "mistake" in giving me so much warning (1-1 1/2 years is what he originally said) ended up being good for me. But it was an awful experience.