Honestly, what you need sounds more on the more serious end of outpatient clinical psych too (suicide attempt, stitches, physical ailments, deep depression affecting basic functioning, chronic job loss) - serious/complex in the sense of it's really unlikely it's going to be "12 cbt sessions and wham! You're fine!"

I'm not a trained professional though, and just basing my view on what your pdoc said and what some people I know who've had chronic difficulty holding on to jobs due to their illness severity.

I do want to encourage you (should you feel discouraged) that recovering to a high level of functioning is possible, because I've heard several such stories from peers in my mental illness support group.