Runlola, how long a person's therapy will last is really only something that individual can know. It does no good for therapists or other clients to generalize that no therapy should last over X amount of sessions, or months, or years. They can only make that prediction about someone they know specifically, what diagnoses, what issues, what level of functioning, and what goals they have for therapy. To do otherwise is presumptuous really. I've seen people benefit greatly literally from a handful of sessions and never have to return. I've seen others who benefited from long-term therapy.

I think what we have to do as clients is to know what we are using therapy for. What are our goals? What are we using therapy for? Are we seeing improvement, stability, support? Is our therapy focused on the "right" aspects for us as the individuals we are? No one else can really make that assessment for us.