In half an hours time I will be going for my very last counselling session

[Pinkchampagne]

After my poor long suffering counsellor has put up with me on & off for the past 4 years! Firstly I went to see her to help me over PND following DS2's birth & the problems I had with H over the pregnancy & birth, then two years later I was back to help me deal with all my problems with H, which finished around the same time as my marriage did! Then 6 months later my doctor put me down for more sessions to help me through the stress of the actual separation.

Today is my very last session. I have now moved house & am hopefully moving on with my life, and I do feel like I can get by without being propped up by my counsellor. I am determined not to darken her door again, but I do feel a bit emotional about this last session for some reason. She has helped me through so much over the years & it feels a bit daunting to be approaching my very last session & kind of going it alone!
Do I sound bonkers?!

I am back & it went quite well. I had to fill out some questions at the end of the session, which I was asked to fill out at the beginning of my sessions, about how I have been feeling in the last week & much as I thought I wasn't going to score well, I came out as only mildly depressed, which was better than my score at the beginning of moderate!
I apologised for the amount of times she has seen me over the last 4 years, and she said that it has been good to watch me get stronger & stronger over that period of time, which made me feel a bit better, but I promised never to darken her doors again!

Onwards & upwards now!

will email you later tonight when i finsih work as dd woken! x fm x ((((((((((((( pc))))))))))))))))000

Well done pinkchampagne, on everything!

You don't sound bonkers at all. My friend who works in mental health says its really normal for people to become a little "attached" to their counsellors and to feel a bit anxious about leaving them.

IT sounds like you've been through a lot in the last 4 years and you will be stronger for it.

All the best to you.

Thank you all. After all she has seen me through over the years, I did start to feel a little attached to her in a way. She has helped me become a much stronger person than I started out when she first saw me, and I have learnt a lot about myself from her. I will miss her!