I think good therapist will see things through and help to navigate these issues. I think it’s positive that he is willing to go to therapy if he is sincere about it.

I think that person on the other group meant that sometimes people just do or say a bit here and there to keep the other partner hopeful. Now the person is hopeful, when things go bad again they’ll do and say something else to keep them hopeful again, so they never leave. I am not saying that’s what he does at all but that’s what I think that woman meant