Hey.

I read somewhere that it can be helpful to have 6 sessions before deciding whether you are going to keep working with someone or not.

It can take a bit of time to get to know each other. But that being said, sometimes you can tell fairly much straight away that it isn't going to work out.

I spent quite a lot of time trying to find someone to see here... I started with the phone book. Nobody advertised that they offered sliding scales or student rates or anything like that. I'd just call them up and say that I was looking to see someone and then explain about my financial situation. The student rates that they were prepared to offer were still far too expensive for me and so that was that.

(I should also say that there is a shortage of health professionals and hairdressers and gardeners etc in my region).

I went to a GP and asked for a referral for a p-doc. I thought a p-doc might be able to refer me onto someone (or agree to see me themself). That wasn't working out... I contacted crisis assessment services and ended up getting a referral from one of the workers there. Referred on... Referred on... Then I found my t.

It can take a bit of time and effort to find someone...

One lady came highly reccomended indeed. I wasn't impressed with her over the phone, though. She sounded like she was doing something else and was distracted when I called. Like you found. I guess the trouble with cellphones is they do have a tendency to go off at inconvenient times. Could be that that was what happened there. She could have been in the bathroom or she could have forgotten to turn it off in a session or maybe... There are lots of things that could be going on there.

Can you meet with her and see how it goes?