From me? Hmm. I guess it comes down to "effort" in whatever form that might be. They never said it in so many words, but to continue to give what I could give toward my own health and safety and stability and future.

My therapy wasn't contingent on money - not at all with my first two therapists - and with my last he worked with me numerous times around financial issues because it wasn't about the money.

Sure, there were basic agreements about appointments, insurance, cancellations, etc. that were just routine in that first appointment, but those are just standard (and were sometimes bent a bit to serve me personally).

So effort I guess. Keep trying to put that one foot in front of the other. Keep trying to communicate, to apply what I was learning about myself in the therapy room to my life outside the therapy room, etc. "Effort" didn't necessarily include "success." It was perfectly okay to try and fail. Just keep trying.

Eventually that effort translated into awareness, movement, healing.