I've also felt quite awful when I've been forgotten by my therapist, or when she hasn't had time to get back to me. She has even told me that most days she doesn't even have 2 minutes to spare to get back to me. That used to make me feel quite worthless. She means so much to me and she can't spare literally a minute or two for a quick text reply.

Once my therapist spoke to me about how she contacted her supervisor about something during the weekend, and her supervisor was a bit annoyed. My therapist, however, doesn't think like that. She has replied to me on the weekend. And if I stop to think about it, there is a lot of evidence that suggests that she does care about me and is willing to help as much as she can.

I'm seeing a second CBT-T at the moment. She was talking to me about making friends, giving examples of how thoughtful people like me are. She told me about a client who recognised how stressed she was and the client wrote a letter the client herself needed for university from CBT-T. All CBT-T had to do was basically check the details and sign the letter. Suddenly something clicked into place for me.

My own therapist is often ridiculously busy. She seems to be one of those people who fills her life with a lot. Sadly, I'm not a family member of hers, and I'm not a friend. Yet she is willing to do so much for me. If she can, she will go above and beyond. She will respond to me during the weekend. She can never be there for me all of the time or even nearly as much as I want (or need). That even seems to affect her in some way as well. She can sense my high expectations and she knows she can never fully meet them. That is something that does matter to her as well. She helps me as much as she can in the time that she can spare, but she has to trust me to be able to look after myself and know what to do when she can't be there for me.

It sounds like you've got a therapist who really does think that you are worth it. Your therapist was tied up with family commitments, and it was almost the weekend, yet she still wanted to get in touch with you during the weekend itself if she could. Your therapist certainly seems to care.