i've been seeing my pdoc for 4 years now. initially, we just did med management - so our sessions would be maybe 15mins to 1/2hr. as he got to know me, he realised there was a lot more on my plate than a simple 'biological' depression, so we started talking about a few of those issues and how to manage them - just simple stuff like uni, time management, making sure i don't isolate myself etc.

around this time he also referred me to a T, so the T could help me manage my uni stuff (i'm a student, but due to the depression, hadn't been passing very many subjects at all).

then about 2 years ago, i had a major meltdown due to some PTSD stuff. i was still trying to build up trust with the new T, so pdoc stepped in and said he was willing to do therapy with me if i wanted to. so that's how our sessions became one hour.

obviously, he is not as well trained as a T is, but i like that in a way, because his responses seem a lot more 'genuine'. he really listens to me. my T might have more useful ideas about moving on, but my pdoc is the one i turn to if i need emotional support.

i recently stopped with my T, and am seeing only pdoc now. atm, i am seeing him every week for about an hour (it depends on what we need to talk about - i'm starting new meds, so lately the sessions have been a bit shorter and just discussing how the meds are going).