Hey LT, I hope you find some good potential candidates in your pool of Ts that you emailed. I think some might be willing to do a consultation, or as a stand in when your T is gone. From my experience, I didn't have to be in crises to see a backup T. The way my former T put it, was I was welcome to see her back up T if I thought it would be in anyway helpful or beneficial. I wasn't necessarily in crises, but I did take her up on it when she was out of the country because she was gone for a few weeks and the continuity and routine helped as well as getting a different perspective on a few issues. I still went back to T when she came back. I thought that was what your T was talking about when he mentioned a back up T. I was surprised that it seemed like he meant it for crises. I hope you can talk more about it with him, if you want, and get better closure on the issue. HUGS Kit