Missing T Right Now

I have so much stuff on my plate and this is getting really frustrating to not have T. I am a college student, out for the summer and I won't be able to go back till early september. I don't even know what I would want to talk about really, I just need someone I can feel safe telling all this stuff too, someone I know that would actually care or act like they cared about me. It's hard for me to keep moving through when I have no outlet. I am disheartened by this fact, I just feel alone and have no one to turn to really and I must say I am a bit attached to my T, even though I try not to be and don't act like it in person. I can't deny that I want her...maybe I don't absolutely need her but I want her now so she could listen and validate. There has been a serious lack of nurture, care, and validation of feelings in my life and it's so hard to go back to that when you get a taste of what should have been... This is so hard

It sounds really hard and I'm glad you are posting about it that's one part of the school counselling system that always seems weird to me; to provide the support then take it away again like that. Will you have the same T after your break?

Well, you'll usually find quite a bit of support here at PC. Being here has been very valuable to me.

If I were you, I would go back, if for no other reason than to get the nurturing and support. That being said, I'm not you and it's a decision you have to make for yourself. The school counseling thing is bizarre in that they won't provide the service in the summer. Like Tigergirl, I wonder if you would be able to see the same counselor? If not, are you willing to start over with a new T?

Thank you for the responses.

I will have the same T after break, luckily. School counseling is free at least, and after switching therapists a few times, I have found I like the one I had last semester and she told me to come back in the fall.

I am going back to see her, the same T, as long as I can get an appointment (counseling fills up fast at school, they don't have enough counselors really). I plan to make an appointment first week back at school so I can make sure I have her. I trust her more than the others I "tried out" and that's what makes this hard... She offered to see me over summer, but it is impossible for me to do so as I am an out-of-state college student. It does make it difficult, and in times like these my family is the problem so I can't turn to anyone about it really. My friends simply don't understand, it's so hard to have to stuff more stuff...

Free is kind of amazing also; great you have that and I'm glad you'll keep seeing the same person when you return