I've been seeing my therapist for a little over a year now. He's the only one I've ever seen. I'm dealing with a 27-year abusive marriage. He has told me that it will take a long time to heal from what has happened to me. I agree with him. The things my husband has said to me over the years are deeply ingrained. Since I started therapy, I've gotten worse, but the abuse was escalating during that period so I think that makes sense. I became majorly depressed and suicidal once I started labeling what was going on as abuse. I plan to stick it out as long as it takes with this therapist. I've already got a relationship with him and don't see the need to try to create a new one from scratch. He knows what abuse was happening in my life because I came in every week and told him about it. I think that is invaluable at this point. I suspect that I will know when it's time to stop therapy.