Thank you for responding Erin Bear. I am not a veteran so I can not access any services from the VA. I am disabled but do not receive disability in the form of SSI/SSDI. It would be too complicated a story to discuss here. Needless to say, I do not receive any Medicare/Medicaid.

My trauma is rather complicated. I am a survivor of a sexual assault, a date rape, a physical assault involving a schizophrenic sibling, two auto accidents (one involving an illegal immigrant), sexual harassment in the workplace, disownment by paternal grandparents due to religion/ancestry, and estrangement from biological family. In addition, I have been involved in legal action regarding the sexual assault, the sexual harassment, the auto accident with the illegal immigrant, and the schizophrenic sibling. As you can gather, I have suffered multiple traumas.

I have contacted several mental health organizations besides the one that quoted me the $135 session fee. While there are not a lot of community health centers in my states, the ones that do exist have waiting lists that are months long. I was on a waiting list when I had contacted one facility. They had a practitioner who would be willing to meet with me but she did not have experience treating complex trauma sufferers. Furthermore, she would be leaving her practice in a month and a half. I didn't want to open myself up and make myself vulnerable to someone who would not be around by the end of May.

This organization suggested that I voluntarily commit myself to receive the treatment that I need. I was flabbergasted by this suggestion. I am not a harm to myself or others so why would I agree to institutionalize myself. In addition, without health insurance, I would incur more bills that I could not pay and there is not guarantee that charity bill would foot the bill because of my spouse's income. I want help not institutionalization.