Hi Sunrise, you bring up some good questions for me to ponder and ask him next week.

He mentioned once briefly that he had dinner with another psychologist recently, maybe that was for supervision? I've never heard of that term but that doesn't mean he doesn't do it.

When you say "engage in the transference" do you mean that he should be helping me analyze it?

I agree with you about the being better comment and on anti-depressants. I thought the same thing as you.

I contacted my insurance today and all they told me was 2x per week is fine and so is the length of time I've seen him. They may have just called to inquire about the treatment plan because 2-3 x per week is considered "intensive outpatient therapy"...they even said they would approve more visits than my allowable amount with his approval.

Now he did tell me most of his patients are 12 sessions and then this smaller subset (like me apparently) are a bit longer. He said this a few weeks ago in response to something I asked about how long I've been seeing him.

Now I'm faced with another question. Could he not support the 2x per week he suggested to me last week to the insurance company? He did add relaxation to my session this week and he had never mentioned that before until this all happened.

My p-doc and I didn't get into all of this. We had to discuss medication and that took awhile. Then I tried to tell her a little bit and but when I mentioned insurance, she went off on that so before I knew it my 15 mins was up. I guess I should've been pushier about it.

I'm really trying to give him the benefit of the doubt because I always assume he's trying to get rid of me so to speak. I'm usually wrong about that. But I have this nervous feeling that either it is the insurance or he's not sure he can help me anymore. Although, he did say he would tell me if he couldn't....