I think I need to convince myself that more therapy is "justified" here and I appreciate your input. It's the kind of thing I might say to someone else but have a harder time applying it to myself. Archipelago, I think the oxygen mask analogy is an apt one and I agree Red that I will likely be more useful to all concerned if I am in a good place and feeling somewhat taken care of. MLS, you're right, I do have to get past the shame and just plain awkwardness involved in asking for help. LL I think scheduling could be a big challenge because she and I both have a lot of scheduling limitations but I don't think that it'll become an issue beyond the logistics of it. I don't think she'll read deep stuff into needing to vary our schedule or decide I'm resisting if I want to return to once a week or can't make it twice one week or anything.