Was it clear at the beginning that you would see him once a week? In my experience, patients have a regular weekly time, if they come once a week.

The first thing I would do is discuss this with your therapist. It sounds hard to wait for another nine days-- but maybe you have to. But I would get it straightened out-- what you want, and what is possible, now and in the near future.

If you want to see him once a week, in a committed way, then there's nothing wrong with stating that. you have the right to say that that's what you believe you need. That sort of continuity is very important to connect and to make progress particularly at the early stages of working with someone, I would think. There's nothing wrong with you for wanting it, and certainly no reason to be apologetic about it.

I could see it either way-- by the way-- sometimes having a once a week appointment is important-- and no matter how good the therapist, it could be hard to make a really good working connection without that. Or on the other hand, if you have some great rapport that you haven't had with others, maybe the obstacle of once every other week is worth it. Maybe you could schedule a phone session in alternate weeks, which could be at his convenience, rather than at a set time. Or maybe there's some other way of bridging the gap.

It does seem important though to discuss and to resolve this as it's so foundational to your work together.