Le sigh.
I've been in therapy on-and-off (more on) for about 2.5 years for PTSD, anxiety and depression. Initially, I had high hopes for therapy, but after two quit, another was seriously religious - more than I'm comfortable with - I'm on my fourth. I like her well enough, and she respects my wishes regarding what treatment forms I'm comfortable with.
My husband made the comment this weekend that he thinks I should quit going. When I first began seeing my current therapist, I was doing really well, but then had a dip in motivation/progress that's lasted a little too long. I'm feeling better now, but since he said that, I wonder if maybe therapy just isn't going to be worth it. His point was, "It really hasn't been helping you anymore".
Is it normal to lose motivation during therapy progress? My eldest graduated high school and then we had a trip back to see our families - there was a lot of normal life things going on at the time and I had a hard time adjusting to it. ..But isn't therapy supposed to give you tools or resiliency to "adjust"? I still have my usual anxiety when working on my case, and NO therapy has helped with that.
I don't know. When do you know it's time to end therapy? Not to continue with someone else - just to be done with it?