Christina, I have the option of seeing the social worker alone, but 9 times out of 10 it ends up with my mother crying hysterically about herself, receiving the recommendation to get individual therapy, saying "I know.. I need therapy.. That sounds like a good idea...." And then we go to my therapist and she eats up MORE of my time and saying things like "That woman thinks I need therapy! She doesn't know what she's talking about! I don't need therapy, he needs therapy! There's nothing wrong with me!"

And guilloche, I actually just started seeing the worker about a month ago, but she (along with my therapist) took three weeks off, the week of Christmas, the week after, and the first week of January). She said that we need to start having a plan (next time is actually crisis prevention), but she said that because I desperately wanted to see a psychiatrist, she'd get me, at the very least, a new psychiatric evaluation, since the last one I had was in July of 2013. But she said it would "take time" which maybe I'm paranoid, but that kinda sounds like stalling. She gave me the doctor's name and where he works though, so she might actually intend to make an appointment. I'm not sure. And I can't really work on the side. I already have a therapist (who's a very nice guy, but maybe a little less than therapeutic and a little more talk therapy), and I can't see a psychiatrist at all. Now that I'm employed, I've offered to pay for the appointments AND any medications I get, but she just says that's "not the problem." So I can't see anyone else, really. Though I do like the social worker. She seems VERY unbiased, and she's called us both out on things. She compared my mom's pot addiction to my desire for medications, and I swear, she made my mother stop dead in her tracks, though not enough to have a lasting impact on her opinion.