So in our couples session earlier this week, T was telling about how two of his clients are friends and sometimes get together for a drink. And one time they were discussing how they both see T for therapy. One guy comes more frequently than the other, and he said for him it was just like going to see a mechanic for a tune-up. Seeing T every so often was essential, a mental health tune-up. Then T said he had known one of these guys for 15 years!!! He didn't say he has been my client for 15 years, but do you think that could be? Most people don't know a T in another context and then become their client, do they?

I am thinking of how in one of our first sessions, T told me that he doesn't do longterm therapy, which he considers anything over 3 years. So I have had this message in my mind that the longest I could possibly see T was for 3 years. I am at the 13 month mark right now, which is almost halfway to 3 years. Now he drops that 15 year comment. He's given me hope.

Do you think he would see someone for 15 years? I would love to not have to completely say good-bye to T one day. Maybe I could just come for "tune-ups" every few months after I am out of my intense therapy phase.