My beloved former T had to terminate me after 10 years with her because she got sick with MS. She really did try to hang in there. Some days the only reason she came to the office at all was for me (guilt feelings for me there--she needed to take care of herself but she was still showing up for me--I so don't/didn't deserve that) but eventually she needed to stop and I needed to find someone else to work with. It was horrible. She helped me "transition" to a new therapist and then when that one didn't work out after four sessions, she helped me "transition" to a different therapist that I am still seeing almost a year later. Our last session was full of tears and was very dramatic on my end. I cried the whole time. It was miserable. I was miserable. I'm still miserable without her and it's been 10 months.