Hello Chronic I am so sorry you’re in this awful position. I don’t know which country you’re in but I’m assuming you are paying for your therapy out of your own pocket. When I lived in Australia I had a therapist who reduced her fee when I became unemployed (and promptly upped it when I did finally get a job!) She didn’t do it just for me, that was her way of working. And here in England just about every therapist in private practice offers as standard a sliding scale of fees depending on the client’s circumstances.

The idea of your accepting a reduced fee obviously makes you feel uncomfortable, but if you are getting some benefits from your therapy (and you’ve been with this T for quite a long time already) it makes sense that if your T offers a reduced fee that you accept it. Do you know already whether he has a sliding scale, or is it a set fee across the board?

I hope you can at least talk to him openly about it - I sympathize very much with being in the position where you want to do as much therapy as you can get but being unable to afford it. I should think that your therapist will come up with suggestions that will help you, especially as he feels that you would benefit from more sessions than you currently have. Good luck with the session.