I'm not sure what my issue is with standing up for myself, but I'm not very good at it. I feel like my T is sooo busy. Every time I schedule an appointment she only seems to have a few open slots of time in her week as it is (with good reason... she's amazingly good at what she does)... and then I go in throwing my scheduling issues and it feels like things rarely work out. Often I find a good day that fits with my next week of work and then something always comes up out of my control and I end up postponing our sessions another week.

I don't feel like I can afford to postpone things so much. But I also can't afford (literally) to quit my job to find a new schedule.

Perhaps the issue with email and phone convos (or skype as other people have suggested) is that I don't want to feel like an inconvenience. I want to respect her personal life and off time. My depression should not have a negative impact on her life. Also, how would billing work out for such an informal session like that?

Thanks all for your help and advice.