I've been forced to see therapists through out my life (public school forced me not parents) until adult hood, I didn't even get out of it once I dropped out of PS.

How did all of you come about seeing a T? This time was different, my husband was getting mental health treatment. I had gone with him to his intake and several appointments (both therapy and pdoc). If I crashed I would be hospitalized as my husband had faith in the center. I already had my Dx and was suppose to be on meds. So I figured I should do the intake while healthy (or so I thought) so when to walk in intake.

Was it a long process? Intake is walk in bases open until 9 am My husband's & son's intake was an hour and a half where after we were given a sheet of paper for the front desk to make appointments. The desks earliest appointment was /is about 3 wks. to see a new T and about 6 weeks to see a new pdoc.

Then there was my intake took 4.5 hours for me (and my therapist still had to complete some things). He then went up to the receptionist with me and asked them to make me appointments and specified I was in the mental health not addiction. I swear that's code for "she's batsh!t crazy". I saw my pdoc within the week and met my T within 2 wks. The kicker... One of T's first sentience upon meeting me was "So why does your file say psychosis?". Opps. It took a bad med combo for me to accidentally trust her.

I'm looking at moving: one area shortest time had a 2+ month waiting list for intake and they said to plan on 6 mth wait time after to meet your Pdoc but therapists in that area only had a 4 mth wait time. Hence we're not moving there.