Reduced Rate Therapy

[DoloresMontenegro]

I’m in recovery from a major depressive episode. I’m still depressed but this is about as good as it generally gets for me unfortunately.
I’m on ADs, I’m still unemployed but I’ve started a training course. Recently I’ve been thinking some therapy might help too.
The problem is, there’s no way I can afford regular rates. I started looking at reduced rate therapy (with a trainee) which might be affordable. But, my experience with reduced cost therapy in the past has been dreadful. Has anyone had positive experience of it? I don’t know if maybe I just got unlucky or something.

Have a look at Kain Ramsay's courses on Udemy (or others on the same site). They are very affordable and allow you to work on yourself - and understand how and why you think the way you do - at your own speed.

Thanks, but I don’t want to do anything online. I just want face to face counselling.

It is not really about rates but the therapy type and the therapist also matters.

Have you contacted your local NHS Talking Therapies service?

I’m in Ireland so no NHS, but thanks.

It’s just regular counselling I’m after. Anything else gets too complicated and I’m not in the headspace for that.
I’ve tried counselling about eight times and my experience has been that it’s really hard to judge whether or not you’re going to have a good rapport with someone until at least a few sessions in. It’s quite a lot of wasted money apart from anything else. Especially when you’re on a tight budget and cutting costs on something else to be able to afford it.

Are you in Dublin?

Why?

Because I can recommend a colleague if you are.