How can you tell and/or disengage from mental health staff?

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I would like to say how I am find myself fortunate/privileged enough to be in contact with a nearby counselor who I get along with. I have coping methods I follow and in my mind currently there are really only two things which might effectively 'derail' my mental health and it can happen even to 'neuronormatives': (a) employment related issues, particularly ~'underemployment inferiority complex issues' which have altered in recent months and (b) dating and attempts at forming relationships.

(a) is currently a priority which I'm meaning to attend to/'making sense of' and goodness knows how it's one reason/factor in how deeply precautious I am (b) and the skepticism I have as to whether it could be feasibly 'experimented on' before August the 24th, let's say.

This really has made me think, *how can you tell when you can cease seeing a mental health professional*, if not 'permanently' than 'at least' indeterminately but likely 'long term-ish-ly'?. I realize how if anything goes awry I can resort to meeting with someone but currently with no issues in which assistance with analyzing is something beyond me, I mean to 'lower' on that practice and would like to know how I can best inform persons I'm grateful for in acknowledging that.

Not sure if my situation is similar. I started seeing a counselor when I had a bout of low mood, and just kept going with the sessions, even after I felt better and probably wouldn't strictly qualify. In my case, I get too isolated so it helps to have someone to talk to and share any issues with. Also, I'm not quite sure how long my mental balance will hold out, and I reckon once you stop the sessions it may be hard to get back in, or you might end up with a different counselor, who's not as good. So my policy is to space out the sessions while I'm feeling OK (I'm only going every 3-4 weeks) but keep attending them as long as I can afford it.

In my experience the counsellor will often close off the sessions when they feel you are ready.
I suppose it depends how busy they are.
If you are finding some benefit and can afford it, why not continue.
No harm in it either way.
Maybe discuss it with the counsellor?