Hi Travelinglady! Thank you for the advice...if I go back I think I will ask for a clinical psychologist, if they let me request one. I honestly have no problems with therapists that aren't doctors, I just didn't feel like I was being helped. Our first two sessions she tried to get me to overcome my fears, but when I couldn't explain why I was afraid (actually, I did explain...but she didn't think it was a good enough reason for my continued fear) and she couldn't get me to agree to go back to the doctor, she just switched the topic for the remainder of our sessions. She'd come back every few sessions and asked if I was ready to go, and when I told her I was still working on getting over my fears, she'd move right on. No offer of ways to help or anything. I don't know what to do. For a little while I thought I was un-helpable (sorry I know that's not a word) but my husband said I just might need someone more trained to help deal with my issues and she just wasn't equipped to help.

She thought I had depression but she wasn't legally able to prescribe medicine, so she sent me to a psychiatrist...he said with the level of my anxiety and issues, I should be seeing a therapist every week, but mine could only see me every 2-3 weeks due to a busy schedule. He was a very nice guy who was patient-focused, and told me that I could have antidepressants if I wanted because he thought they would help but he didn't want to force them on me, but I was scared to start them and wanted to keep trying therapy instead...now that winter's over I don't feel nearly as depressed, but my anxiety is still high.