My therapist and I went over an hour many weeks and I had another hour per week with my family members, my partner/caregiver went to this therapist for an hour per week on their own for the fallout from my body breaking down.
I have a child at home who went an hour a week, then we met for about 15 minutes at the end of her session.
Added up I was going for 3 hours and 15 minutes per week. This was a peak of our family therapy. Yes. being in therapy can make you cry, that is OK too.
I found that when one is in a family with illness everybody hurts. The partner does not know what to do, the children feel responsible somehow.
My partner found through all this that he had more issues to address, my child now feels more free to speak up.
We stay open to the fact that, because mom is sick, things come up and we go back to therapy when needed.
In my opinion it is not how long I went to therapy that is what has helped us, it is were we ready for therapy... how much we worked in therapy, how honest are you willing to be?
Things are so much better now in our house, and of course in my daily life!
If there is a chance to have decent therapy, check out the therapist's credentials and go!