Maybe I'm just unlucky, but I just moved to Los Angeles a couple months ago during a very unstable point in my life and finally found a therapist and psychiatrist to treat me. Just when I was feeling like I was gaining control, I had a terrible reaction to my new drugs (Lamictal) in the form of a fever, body pains, a rash, which culminated in a self-harm episode.

After all of this, I come to therapy today and my therapist tells me (halfway through the session, might I add) that she was mistaken and that Lyra only covers 16 sessions for free, including both psychologists and psychiatrists. I feel like she should have told me this way sooner, because If I had known I would have to pay $250 a session after the 16 sessions ran out in less than 4 months, I never would have stuck with her. This makes no sense considering that Lyra is accessed through my web insurance portal, claims to be part of your "health management team", and doesn't provide any sort of policy information online without having to go through tiers of customer service agents (which I had to do today). The web design and marketing language makes itself seem like it is part of your insurance plan. 

Only after a month of sessions, and having to open up to her and build up trust (not that much was built up anyways), am I realizing that this was never sustainable in the first place. This modality of care that's meant to link up patients with therapists intentionally makes this information hard to find. I could not find anything about sessions limits online nor through the customer service agent I called. This was all hidden from me and dependent on the therapist providing this to me.

I'll be the first to criticize and blame myself for not figuring this out sooner, but I'm mainly just sick of feeling taken advantage of by the endless deluge of wellness marketing bullshit.

Anyways. Because of this opaque system, I now have to find a new therapist after putting myself through her shitty fucking therapy style. I guess it's for the best.