Therapist won’t let me cancel!

I voted for YABU, only because you're adult and should have told her weeks ago you are cancelling. Cancel and block.

I had a therapist try to keep to weekly sessions once when I said I could only afford fortnightly. She argued, we eventually agreed and she dumped me at the end of the next session!
There's some shocking therapists out there. A number who are in it totally for themselves. Wolves in sheep clothing.

As many others have said, don't wait, just leave now.

This is what I would do. Absolutely outrageous. I had to have a lot of counselling and after about 20 or so sessions she said to me that she felt it was time for me to take away the tools that I'd learned and apply them to my new situation. She was amazing and so supportive and said I could of course come back any time. That is the sort of person you should be seeking.

"Hi,

As previously discussed, I've been considering whether to cut down on our sessions further. Given that recent sessions have involved me wasting my hard-earned money on time used by you to instead guilt-trip me to spend more money rather than for the service I'm paying for(!), it's been an easy decision to make.

There'll be no further sessions. Any further correspondence will be reported to the professional body.

All the best"

And then simply block!

She sounds extremely unprofessional, so bad I think she might be in strike off territory. I would send formal cancellation with immediate effect notice.

Just send her an email that you are stopping this now. I think you have got your roles muddled up in this relationship. You are paying her for a service that you can stop at any time. She doesn't get a say in whether you stop or not. If she hassles you, tell her to leave you alone.

Stop completely. A good therapist allows you to back off when you need to.

Sounds a bit like bullying you into going. A bullying therapist. Might not be the job for her!

Why wait to the end of May? You are not getting anything out of this

She sounds very childish. She's not doing her job by moaning at you and harassing you.

Fuck that, don’t go back. No way should she be trying to push you into anything.

Do not go to another appointment. Inform her by email that you will not see her again and then block her. She sounds really unprofessional, stop worrying that it's your fault, its not.

Definitely agree with all the others. Don’t go back. Send a polite email cancelling all sessions from today. If she responds send another asking her not to contact you again or you will report her to her professional body. Or just report her to that body anyway - if she’s abusing her power for her own financial gain like this with you, she’s almost certainly doing it to other people too, some of whom may be very vulnerable.

Stop now. Fuck waiting until may. She's being very unprofessional

Just send her the email and don’t go back. I think when you do, you’ll be relieved. It sounds like you’re in a better place than you were, anyway.
My counsellor was pleased for me when I wanted to cut down to fortnightly sessions, because it meant I was progressing.

Discontinue all sessions immediately and complain to her manager (if she has one) and write a scathing review online. She sounds unprofessional, a complete waste of your time and money and manipulative, from what you’ve described slightly abusive.

So you've been paying this woman huge amounts of money so she can repeatedly process her emotions around you wanting to reduce your sessions.

She is a lunatic! Send her a brief message and cut all contact.

There is normally something in the terms and conditions that outline the notice you should give when you want to cease therapy. Is there anything to this effect?

She sounds unprofessional for asking other people to help you financially. That is none of her business! In fact I think her insistence on how often you have therapy is a bit of a red flag if it's taking over YOUR session times.

Personally, I would say I do not want to continue anymore and leave it there. You don't need to give a reason.

This is so outside the bounds of normal I’m speechless.

I’m having CBT treatment (paid for via private health care not me) and the therapist has said that if at any point I feel that the sessions aren’t working, I can stop them straightaway.

I don’t understand why you’re proposing to continue this situation until May?

I wouldn’t have even one more session with her.

Don’t pay her a penny either!

Sounds like she could do with a therapist! Don't go back, block her and move on to another o e if you feel you still need it.

If you've been going for 2 years already, maybe it's not working and time for a rethink?
Also, it's not a therapists job to "give advice".
But nobody can force you to attend.

You are deriving no benefit from the sessions, as any therapeutic relationship you had with her will have been destroyed by this nonsense. It is also wasting a massive amount of money, even if it’s fortnightly. Why are you contemplating spending a further £500 or thereabouts keeping it going till May? Do you feel guilty that you’re ditching her? Don’t. That’s what she wants, and she’s being manipulative. Just email her and tell her that you have decided to finish the sessions forthwith - your circumstances have changed and the stress of continuing is starting to negate the positive effect of therapy which you felt you had experienced with her until recently. End of story!

This is shocking....she is using you as a cash cow....I would have stopped going ages ago...just email her saying that you feel much better in yourself and no longer feel you need therapy.
Do not let her railroad you into continuing.

Stop going. And privately have a ponder as to why you have found this such a difficult situation to handle.