I haven't gotten through this whole thread yet, but thought I'd go ahead and add this in anyways.

The problem these days is that you are often limited in the number of mental health visits you can make and therapists know this and are sometimes limited as well. Insurance companies are pushing for quick treatment. This leads to the bandaids instead of true healing. There just isn't time allowed for complete in-depth therapy unless it comes out of your own pocket.

I only get 30 visits a year and it drives my psychiatrist crazy - he keeps saying that's 30 for me and 30 for the therapist and I have to correct him. I was fortunate last year in that my therapist made a payment plan for me once I maxed out on visits. Unfortunately, it looks like that may happen again this year. $$$ I'm so hoping the federal parity act to pass this year. It will mandate that you must treat mental health care the same as other health care - so if you don't limit other visits, you can't limit mental health either.