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Old Mar 27, 2014, 05:56 AM
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Maybe it would be worth discussing the fact that you don't feel worthy of being heard unless your problems are life-threatening.

In my experience the real work of therapy cannot take place when you are in the kind of crisis you described above. I have had to be on more solid ground emotionally and have developed a real relationship with my therapist to work on the issues that underlie the desperate overwhelming symptoms of mental illness.

You can ask you T about the mandate of the organization where you receive counselling. Is it brief crisis intervention only or do they work on other stuff too? Are you limited to a certain number of sessions?

I think that public funds (or charitable donations) are well spent on therapeutic work beyond crisis intervention. If you need to look at this way, think of the societal dividends that your therapy could reap: fewer absentee days, more employee productivity, less use of healthcare resources, and better-parented children just to name a few!

ETA: just saw your last post. I don't think less than every two weeks is enough. I also think it's hard to get at the underlying problem if you're only there on an as needed basis. But that's just me!