Jazzy, if you need relief, I think setting up a phone session is a great idea.

My T and I have had lots and lots of ruptures - big and small - over the past 3 years, and there have been times when a phone call has provided a lot of relief. It's hard to sit with those feelings until the next appointment, and usually, if I can just feel like T HEARS me and GETS it, even if it doesn't "fix" things and we still have to work on it more in session, it gives me enough relief to get through.

I have had those same thoughts....is THERAPY what is causing my current problems? Would life actually be less stressful without therapy? It feels like it sometimes.

But then I look at me 3 years ago before therapy, and me now, and I can see how far I've come. In some ways, I'm not even the same person...and in some ways, I'm the closest to being "myself" that I've ever been. Working through the ups and downs of the therapy relationship, and the big feelings that brings up, ARE the therapy in a lot of ways. That's where I've learned the most lessons in therapy.

So. I vote call. And I vote go to the next session. Things never get better when we run away from them.