I’ve been dealing with mental illness for 7 years and since I’ve moved around, seen many therapists and psychiatrists. However, as mental illness goes in your early/mid 20s new symptoms emerge, some go down with meds and well, my diagnosis are all over the place. It’s becoming really difficult for me to know how to function or find my place with this world without having a name or names for what I’m dealing with. And as much as I like my psychiatrist, he always give me a diagnosis after a 3 minute talk about some physical symptoms but never about what causes them (if that makes any sense?). I had a very traumatic childhood and some of my symptoms could be PTSD related. I was recently diagnosed as Bipolar Type 1, even though my manic “episode” was because I was angry at my ex boyfriend for something (previous borderline diagnosis). Anyway, I just want to start fresh with no “diagnosis” and see someone, tell them my life story, and then they make the call. Would I go to a psychologist for that? Any specialty? I know psychiatrists aren’t for speaking at length to, but never met a psychologist who doesn’t “diagnose” after one session. So please any help would be really appreciated :)