[gaia67]

How about your pdoc? Is it as often as you'd like?

[sunrise]

My therapist:
Once every 3-4 weeks for 90 minutes. I would love to see him more frequently, but I am very busy and so is he. Plus, at this time I don't think I need to see him more often.

My prescriber:
About every 3 months. I only see her for prescribing now and am very busy so don't want to see her more frequently.

How often do you see your T and pdoc, gaia?

[deliquesce]

i tend to see someone each week. it might be T for 3 weeks running, and then pdoc for a stretch, or sometimes i see them on alternate weeks. if i am super busy or there is not much going on then i might not see anyone for a week or two, but we usually keep in touch somehow anyway.

my meds are (finally!!!) fairly stable, so i choose who to see based mainly on what issues i need addressing (and how i need it to be addressed). they both have different strengths, and im fortunate to be able to choose between them and be supported so thoroughly.

[embracinglife]

if i am seeing a therapist when i''m going through a rough time, it is once a week...if things are better once every two weeks.

my pdoc I see about once a month-6 weeks.

[gaia67]

I started out seeing my T once a week, but for the past 6 months or so it's been every week. I think this frequency works pretty well. I see my pdoc every 3-4 months.

I see T once a week. She would like me to come 2x/week while I do trauma work, but I just can't with my kids and schedule. So starting this week, we made my weekly appt longer (2hrs).

I don't take meds and so don't have a pdoc.

[lifelesstraveled]

I see t about once every 3 weeks...I was seeing her every week, then somehow it dwindled to every 2, now it's every three. I don't remember even discussing this with T--im pretty sure I didn't, I guess it's something she decided on her own, but I digress.

[Christina86]

Originally Posted by gaia67

How about your pdoc? Is it as often as you'd like?

Nothing is as often as I'd like sometimes.

But on average...

I see T every two weeks or so at the moment. Depending on the T, I was also seeing T's every week for a while too.

Pdoc, well it always depended on stuff. I guess every 3ish weeks was about average although I don't see pdoc anymore. (Really need to get on the trail of finding another prescribing doc before my prescription runs out, eek!!)

[ECHOES]

no pdoc.

I see my T once a week, twice sometimes. I would see her twice a week if I could manage that financially.

[ladyjrnlist]

T- twice a week.
Pdoc-every three months.

I see my therapist once a week or so on average. Sometimes more than that if I'm not doing well.

I see my psychiatrist generally once a month.

T - one 90 min appt and one 50 min appt each week

no p-doc

[peridot28]

I started seeing my therapist once a week, but then about a month ago when I started sharing more about my abuse she said she wanted to see me twice a week. I am supposed to see her for an hour, but she keeps me for 90 minutes. I start and end my week seeing her, Mondays and Thursdays. My week is bookended (is that a word) by her support. Today, we looked at her schedule and there is a week in March that she'll be away for my Thursday appointment and it was shocking to me how bummed I was about having one appointment that week when only a few weeks ago I was only seeing her once a week. This therapy thing is like a drug, I tell ya'. :^D

I see a psychiatrist and a social worker at a mental health clinic about every 4-6 weeks for medication checks and refills. The doctor is about a hundred years old and sometimes is very unaware. The social worker is sooo sweet, yet a little flighty, but she's great. So, my visits to the mental health clinic is like a comedy of errors.

[BlessedRhiannon]

No pdoc.

I see my T once a week for 50 minutes. There are weeks I wish I could do twice a week or a 2 hour session, but I simply can't afford that. I am able to email or call her as needed, and I find emailing very helpful.

I went bi-weekly from March - November 2010. When I finally had a breakthrough in December, I started going weekly. I tried to go to every 10 days, but wasn't doing well with that, so we are back to weekly for now. My sessions are 90 minutes.

I only see pdoc once every 4 months or so. She doesn't really monitor me as close as I think she should. I have only seen her twice since being put on meds in July of 2010. I didn't complain because she is expensive!! We don't really talk much at all. She just asks about meds. I think that is a HUGE amount of money to pay for what little bit of service I get.

[PTSDlovemycats]

I see my Pdoc twice a week and talk to her on the phone in between appointments.

[SpiritRunner]

Right now, I am 2x a week, 1 hr each time.
No pdoc yet, but have an appt for March 7 with one.....

[Sweetlove]

I was seeing my T once a week, but started twice a week about a month ago when my "crisis period" started and I realized once was just not cutting it.

I see my Pdoc about every 2-3 months as long as my meds are stable.

[inbloom]

T - once a week for 45 minutes. Sometimes we do extra time/sessions if I'm really struggling. I really wish it could be more!!!

No pdoc

[with or without you]

every 2 weeks, give or take...I could easily talk to her for 8 hours though (in a perfect world)

[milkblood]

T- twice a week
psychiatrist- once a month

[OrangeMoira]

I'm glad for this topic!

I just started once a week with a new T. At the second appointment I had a blowup/meltdown and he suggested twice a week. I'm probably going to bump up if I can afford it.