What if your therapy ended today? Could you handle it?

yes it was pure betrayal and absolutely devastating. but we have started again,albeit cautiously. we are really enjoying hearing what others think

Yes I could handle it now. After 9yrs in therapy I've learnt to grieve. This is not saying it wouldn't effect me, but I wouldn't fall to pieces in the same way as I would have done earlier on.
For those telling others that their dependency (if that's how they see it) isn't a reason to stay, isn't right. With good therapy those needs will be worked through and you won't always feel that way. I use to almost stop functioning between sessions to begin with. That has changed. Enough work has been done for that to no longer be a big issue.

I feel much more dependent on this T than on any previous ones.
Last year I was terrified she would die; this year I'm afraid she'll retire.
Offer me a job in another city, and I reply: "I can't go. I need to be near my T."

However, I'm much happier and stronger than I used to be, so if I lost my T, I suppose I would manage. I could never replace my current T, but my journey would go on.

For me it would be very hard at this moment i have tons of issues to work through. Maybe one day in the long future i wont be so dependent on my 2 counsellors. Right now they are my life line. If they left me it would hurt, but i could cope, but would have to find someone i guess.

"yipee I'm free" yup. I know I need T for many issues, but I don't want to and look forward to it ending. I absolutely love breaks!

I would find it very hard and painful but it wouldn't be the end of the world. This really shows how far I have come because I was suicidal even when having to miss one session with my first t.

My former t, who I was equally attached to and used to cry at night over the prospect of sayin goodbye to, had to terminate with me due to her own personal circumstances. I was devastated but over time it got easier. I went through a massive grieving process but it has shown me that I can survive a loss even though it may seem impossible at the time.

I have been through some endings of Ts...some good; some bad.

In each case, I feel that I have internalized the lessons of the therapy and the aspects of the therapists that I have wanted.

Take what you need; leave the rest behind was one motto that served me well elsewhere and I am keeping that going!

N. O. No. Uh uh. No way.
My 1st T dumped me out of nowhere & it devastated me.
However my new T said she never dumps clients- they end it. She has told me i can stay as long as i need, she plans to be in my life as long as i want her to be.

My t told me I could stay until he retires which he says he isn't going too. I think my attachment is still there. I feel I'm depended on what t advises me to do.

I would feel very lost. T and I have been together for six years. Granted I only have seen him once a month or every two weeks when I was hospitallized.

If my therapy ended, it would be REALLY hard but I know I would survive.
I am fortunate that my T is not moving or retiring soon.

My therapy ended a few weeks ago and it doesn't bother me really. I feel good about it and like i"m "back in the drivers seat".

Yes. There are other therapists in my area.

I still have some things I'd like to work on, so I would seek out another therapist.

T's I guess are useful to some ( I had 3 - drug T's). I never needed them really , but it was nice to speak to them (esp the last).
I am med free, and T free. I kinda miss her, and I do feel different. But, I guess this is natural.

I'd fall apart internally and pretend that everything was okay externally.

That doesn't say much for my progress in therapy, since that's pretty much been my MO forever.

Could I handle it? No. In all honesty, I would just give up. He's my support system, he's my stability. He promised me he won't abandon me. If my therapy ended today... my world would fall apart.

I deff think I could handle it ( with my current t ) .....Unfortunately I could not and still cannot accept the ending with my ex t.....

I'd look for another immediately. That's what I did and my new T is the best things, theraputically, that could have ever happened to me.