Acknowledgment sentence

GPYYou can say “... who have (always) been there for me with (extensive) support and encouragement throughout my academic career".However, three words ("always", "extensive", "throughout") telling us, essentially, "how much", does seem to me to be labouring the point somewhat. Perhaps you could retain "always" and delete "extensive".

Thanks GPY for responding.

I thought you suggested not using “always” and “throughout” together. So does the first part of the sentence, “..who have always been there for me..” imply throughout my life, and the second part, “with support and encouragement throughout my academic career”, imply the specific aspect? So this sentence conveys both ideas and thus it's fine to use both of these words. Have I understood correctly?