ehhh

[summerr6]

im so stressed out about everything and i can’t really talk to my therapist about it because she’s busy quite a bit and i don’t wanna overwhelm them with my thoughts i feel like i have nobody to talk to :/

[Bttallen]

It sounds like you need a new therapist. You should not have to worry about talking too much about your problems. A therapists job is to listen to you and try to help you work things through. If yours is too busy find another one. Good luck!

[summerr6 in reply to Bttallen]

i see her for free and she just started a new business so it’s a lot on just her that’s why she’s so busy and i feel like it’s hard to find another therapist because i just want her to be my therapist

[gogogirl in reply to summerr6]

She saw you for FREE? Wow that is amazing.

[summerr6 in reply to gogogirl]

i originally saw her with insurance for a year but then she got her own business but did not take my insurance so she said she would see me for free lol because she saw something in me that she didn’t wanna let go of ?

[fauxartist]

I'm sorry your so overwhelmed summerr6, but that's their job to listen to you and help you. Like Bttallen said ...find a therapist who will listen to you...and if your in crisis would be available to talk to you.

[summerr6 in reply to fauxartist]

yeah i know i just i tend to put others before me .. so i end up pushing away my own troubles for others

[gogogirl]

I saw another post about finding a new therapist. A therapist can be busy but it is his or her job to provide you with support. You could also ask your therapist about methods or even support groups to use when he or she is not available.

[summerr6 in reply to gogogirl]

well the only thing that her and i have been focusing on is my senior project to graduate high school so there’s been a long delay of actually talking about how i feel .

[gogogirl in reply to summerr6]

Let her know what you really want to talk about- perhaps make a list and take it to therapy. I know in some therapy situations - I actually side tracked before I brought up what I really wanted to talk about at the time- then I finally ripped the old bandaid off.

[summerr6 in reply to gogogirl]

how do i go about it like she’s so busy and most the time i am too but i just don’t know how to bring it up to her ? without it sounding needy or anything like that

[gogogirl]

You're in therapy obviously because you feel you need assistance- only you can decide how to bring up issues. Forget her being busy- she is busy because of her job- she gets paid for this. You say she continues to see you for free- I actually never heard of that. If you have suspicions or something is not working you can always look up her license on a board of health site ( if you are in the USA). This is just me- I have ( many years ago) heard of people who did not take certain insurances- but they had a sliding scale fee schedule. If she continues to see you for free because she "does not want to let go of you" - and implies also at the same time that she is "busy" then personally I would be concerned. Pardon me- but it sounds like this is not the ideal situation for therapy.

[gogogirl in reply to gogogirl]

If you feel you need to vent there are warm lines also and again if you are in the USA- there is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. You can google them and get more information about support groups, telephone help, brochures etc.

[summerr6 in reply to gogogirl]

she is indeed a real and licensed social worker, and an update i decided to message her about my issues and she told me to write everything down and told me that she is free sometime this week :)))

[gogogirl in reply to summerr6]

Well good- remember even though she said she would see you for free, I would still make an offer- she might be less busy then! Good that she is seeing you and is licensed.

[summerr6 in reply to gogogirl]

thank you very much