@healed84 I was in long term (10 years) therapy with my former T. Do I have severe mental illness? IDK. I have depression with psychotic features, which is not in remission. I have some other disorders. But is it severe? IDK. I struggle with suicidality and self harm. I saw one T for 4 times that seemed to have that mentality. Like you were in therapy for 10 years and you're not better yet? What were you doing? Etc. It really got to me because it made me question things. But a year out from seeing former T and I know she was a good T for me. I know the work we did together was good. I am not in the same space I was ten years before. There is growth. There is improvement. There was healing. And change. I would still be with her if she hadn't gotten sick with MS. She wasn't there just to take my money. I know that. Or else she would have charged me for all the emails she let me send and that she responded to and all the phone calls. And texts. Etc. She was there because she cared about me. And I believe she was a good T. At least she was a good T for me. Could she have pushed me a bit harder. Probably, but I dissociate easy and when she pushed too hard I dissociated. So what she perfect, no. But practically. I don't know what recent issues you have been having with your T but I do think there is a place and a time for long term therapy with the right therapist. HUGS Kit