maybe this is crazy but...

i struggled with community mental health for a number of years because i wanted a therapist and they didn't want to / couldn't give me one.

what i did...

is i used boards such as these for my therapy.

it is different, sure. but i'd talk about stuff that was hard on the boards. in a way it was easier to say it to the boards than it would have been to say it face to face. you also tend to get a number of responses (rather than the response of one therapist) and so you can pick and choose from what is offered ;-) typically i'd get some helpful responses... and i think it helped people to be able to think about my posts before responding instead of responding automatically and relatively unthinkingly.

and when other people talk about their therapy... sure that can be hard... but when they post about issues they are struggling with it got me thinking about them etc.

boards really helped me through when i fairly much had no therapy for a few years...

i know it isn't the same.

but...

i'm not sure if it is 'worse' or 'better' or just...
'different'

know it really helped me a whole heap though
and that is why i'm more able to make use of my current therapy situation