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[quote=Anonymous]  Thought I would post in case it helps anyone. One of the many lessons I have learned is that it is OK to let a service provider go/politely move on/fire her/him. Sometimes you see it's not a match after a few sessions. Sometimes it's great for a year or even a few years, but they lose steam, start late, end early, don't have as many creative ideas, etc. It used to pain me so much to think of moving on/ending services with a provider we had seen for a while, but now I see it as simply business. When things are working, I express gratitude often. When they aren't, I  give it a little time, then I calmly share my concerns and see if we can come up with a plan. Sometimes that isn't enough. I have wasted so much time, energy and MONEY by not cutting the cord sooner. EVERY time we moved on, whether after a few sessions, or a few years, it was for the best.

Most recently we stopped with a ST about 3 months ago. We had worked with her for 4 years. We saw such great progress the first year or 2 and after that I just kept telling myself she is good, when for us she wasn't helping much anymore. I shared some concerns and really nothing changed. She clearly was losing steam and just didn't have the same passion and dedication. I gave her plenty of outs and she kept insisting things would change. Finally, I said we were going to try a new approach and provider. We started with someone new a week later and the progress we have seen since is more than we saw with that ST the last year and a half. Change can be good and it's not personal, it's business.[/quote]

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