Christina, I'm in a similar position with my classes and clinicals taking up just about all the business hours that my therapist works. Last summer, I just decided to be forthright about it and told him I had no time to see him, laid out my schedule, and told him that I still wanted to see him but didn't know how to make it work. He said he would stay late and give me a session occasionally. He was very willing to do it when he saw it meant no therapy otherwise. So we went to a longer gap between sessions and squeezing them in when we could in the evening. I was very angsty going in to this conversation as it simply never occurred to me that he would change his hours for me.
So I suggest telling your therapist what is going on and seeing if he has a solution. Especially if it is just one academic term you have this packed schedule, it might not be insurmountable for him to find a time you can meet.
Good luck, Christina.
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