Only Once A Month Therapy

i recently started talking to a socal worker...she is great and i'm so glad i finally got up the courage to do this. Trouble is my employer switched insurance on us and now i can't afford this wonderful place. The social worker and i decided to try once a month therapy. This is beyond disappointing. How do i deal with the 3 weeks i can't talk to her? I have no one else to talk to.

That's rough. I can really feel for you. I don't think therapy is very valuable if you are having a lot of issues and only see them once a month. You can always talk here? Or other support groups. Depending on your area, some places offer cheap group therapy?

Good luck.

Pretend you are in a special educational program and think up a "project" to work on with your social worker for the next 3 weeks when you don't see her. Then write it up and give it to her and do the "next" asssignment, etc.? When my therapist was away for a long time, a month or two, one thing I did that I enjoyed was date/number a piece of paper/computer file and at the end of every day I had to think of one work to describe that day or one sentence that said what I had learned that day. It was a fun game and kept me looking at positive things and trying for positive results, etc. You can decide on one thing you have to do that day ("talk to 3 people for at least 5 minutes each" something like that) or an idea you have to share with someone, etc. Sometimes I just looked up a quote for the day, etc. One time when my therapist was on vacation for over two months, I bought a bunch of school "blue books" Blue book exam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at my office supply store and wrote up one a week and mailed them to her office.

Thanks. I do plan on using this site more. Just have to get up the courage to talk to everyone.

I understand your initial fear of posting. I lurked for quite a while. But I feel safe here and have asked many questions of people that I've always wanted to know. Plus obtained support when I needed it. I hope one day you'll feel as comfortable.

Actually the once a month thing is going quite well. I think this will work. She's got me working on things between sessions. She's got me thinking about everything that has happened in my life...lots of tears lately BUT it's helping! She believes its dysthymia which actually makes perfect sense!