I've been working with my current therapist twice a week for 2 years. For certain reasons, this year is particularly difficult for me and it was important to me to have consistent support without any big changes. My therapist was aware of all of this. Today they let me know that they will only be able to see me once a week starting in September because they are taking over a group that runs at the same time as one of my sessions and they do not have any other times to offer me. I'm feeling hurt and disappointed as well as confused. Oddly, I had a gut feeling this was coming so have had time to prepare but of course, I still feel abandoned.

I'm upset by the thought of going down to once a week. Once a week never felt enough to me when I was working with past therapists, so I was relieved when this therapist offered twice a week. Twice a week also feels really important to me during this difficult year - in fact I asked a couple weeks ago if there was any chance we could increase to three sessions just for this year.

Has anyone else has had something similar happen before? Did going down to once a week work out?

Does anyone else have any thoughts on this situation?