I think that you guys are right in that the therapist is not responsible for making any financial accommodations. It just feels that she, at the very least, owes me that because our therapy trajectory has now changed - because of her. For me, this is a huge setback.

@QuietMind: I don't know why the therapist offered all her patients to continue therapy with her through phone or video call. You say that that is incredible generous. Well; perhaps the reason for her continuing to work while away is that she still needs an income - some way of making money during the year. She also has a full-time contract with a university, and she said that the university will be making accommodations for her to continue working and doing research while she is out-of-state for the year. Does she care about her patients? Are we just "cases" or "projects" to her? Does she see us as human beings with real feelings? It's all sunshine and rainbow with pretty, fresh-scented flowers, and unicorns dancing in the clouds all around her for the year ahead. She gets to be with family while also getting paid as she continues her work and research. Who feels the burn in all of this? Her therapy patients.

And @Myrto: I sound so entitled? If you've came to trust someone and invested a lot of time, effort, and energy into something that basically concerns your life, and all of that is at risk of being jeopardized, tell me how the heck would you feel?

@feralkittymom: Perhaps your analysis is correct. But I think that there are some things that therapists, in general, should do to ensure that the therapy space is as conducive as possible. The therapist and I talked about the noise in the room. I accept what she said about the noise being standard for most therapy rooms in the city. On the other hand, I said that some effort still have to be in place to ensure privacy and also disruptions from along the hallway. This is the least that therapists should and can do to ensure the space is conducive. Most therapy suites or rooms have a white noise machine. The suite that she was in didn't have one; the previous one that we were using had one. Just yesterday, there was a child patient crawling back and forth along the hallway while the child's therapist was interacting with that child. There also isn't a sign on the door that says vacant or session-in-progress, so when we have our meetings in the evening, the cleaning person would always knock on the door, interrupting the process.

Making a commitment to leave for one year is huge. Perhaps she doesn't realize it yet but her heart is in that other state where her adult children moved to and now live in. Why don't she just make a permanent move. Moving away for a year is a huge commitment to make right off the bat. Three months over the summer or six months - I can understand. But a year? Just make a permanent move; get the heck out of here.