I had expressed fears to my marriage counselor about termination, after sharing that some friends said we should stop seeing him because of my attachment to him. He stressed that I hadn't done anything to warrant termination (not even Googling him and finding his wife's Facebook page and, later, her obituary) and he said he couldn't imagine us doing anything to cause it, unless it involved coming after him with a chainsaw. (After which H joked that he wanted him to come out to his car to see something in his trunk.) So, I guess the only thing that would lead to him terminating us would be if we threatened or actually caused physical harm to him (or presumably to his family).
When I learned his wife was sick, I'd told him I was worried he'd leave his practice either to be home with her or, say, to work from home (which would make it very difficult to see him because he lives almost an hour away). He was like, "I still have to pay the bills!" and said he hoped he wouldn't have to leave.
Not sure with T. I also Google her, and she was upset about it, but didn't terminate me. She did tell me she'd had a past client really violate her privacy, like found her address and drove past her house and, worse, found and looked at her medical records (she worked in medical billing). I can't recall whether she said she terminated that client or not--she at least gave her a strong warning. So I imagine with T it might be seriously violating her privacy or making her feel her safety was threatened (or, obviously, causing her physical harm). And retirement, of course--worried she's going to announce that any day now, because she's that age and her H is retired. A couple years ago, she said she'd give 6 months notice, which comforted me. But when I mentioned that recently, she said she probably couldn't give that long, that it would be more like 3 months.
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