I had been seeing my T twice a week, then shortly after the pandemic started, switched to three times a week, due to increased stress at home and not having some of my usual stress-relieving options available. It was partly to help me cope and also so that I could still keep progressing on my work in therapy rather than just spending every session lamenting the pandemic situation. I've found it to be helpful, and knowing there's not that long of a wait between sessions has made it easier for me (though I want to start going back to two soon).


I agree that you should talk to your T about it. You mentioned your concern about a third session being too intense. They wouldn't all have to be intense ones. For example, you could make one of the weekly sessions more about containing your feelings and coping skills (say, the one before the longer break, like before the weekend). Or maybe you could do the work more gradually, spreading it out over three sessions vs. two, so that you'd have more time for containment at the end of each session. As MissUdy said, you can always try, and if it's too much, you can go back to two. You could also plan to do the three times a week for a set period of time, like 2 months or something.


And please try not to worry about sounding needy or thinking you don't deserve it--I struggle with that, too, so I get it. But try to think that the worst that can happen is your T could say no.