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Shortage of (psycho)therapists: So hard to find one
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Sep 6, 2021 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
To continue: DBT is intensive and expensive. No one would take me because I have Medicare Plus Insurance. Call the CBT therapist and told her it was difficult to get in anywhere. She texted: It can be hard. Let us know if you need a referral. Finally got in with the Community Health Center for talk therapy online. Now this therapist has left. I'm on the waiting list at two places, but tired of the round about. Tired of telling my story over and over. Sorry this is so long. Blowing off steam I guess.
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Volunteer. An excellent therapy. At a local hospital, food pantry, community center, shelter. Tutor at a local school. Yes, it certainly takes hard effort, are you willing? Right now. No excuses. NO excuses. You sound like an empathetic person, be there for others. On a scheduled basis. Your Community Health Center could help you find opportunities. Do it; the smallest step could help - most of all yourself. Yes, indeed. NOW.
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@junkartist This is a safe place to vent, and allow yourself to decompress. There are many of us here who have had a difficult time trying to get a workable schedule and help for our struggles. From what I have seen, I have had to do intensive work on myself, and not rely on getting in to see someone. Some of us who have help from therapists and counselors, are being moved out of the way for others who might be new to getting help. No doubt in my mind, that the pandemic has had something to do with all this.
What have you found most beneficial to you in the past? Are you able to work with what you learned, on your own, to ease the distress?
Ginger