Let me start off by saying I used to be a licensed therapist and left the field due to burnout, I understand there is a shortage of available therapists. There just has to be a solution because now being a client with PTSD who is broke it’s like killing me here , what do I do? I have been looking for a therapist for 2 months. I fell for a stupid Marketplace health insurance that was titled “0 dollar mental health” if you can find a therapist who is under the insurance but there are like no available trauma therapists available under it so it’s a scam. So I’m looking under Open Path which does sliding scale 30-60 dollar sessions (still expensive for someone who needs weekly quality trauma therapy who is f*ing broke) and everyone’s availability is 9-5. So I don’t get a break during work due to my type of work ( I don’t want to explain I’m working on setting boundaries but it’s not happening fast enough). So my availability is evenings and I have Fridays all day off plus weekends but no one can do that . A trauma therapist I spoke to also recommended DBT group and the only ones I can find under my insurance are for an hour and a half either 10 am Thursdays or noon Tuesdays- - how are you guys making this kind of group schedule work ??? Are you taking vacation time ? I understand sometimes when people are in DBT they’re working part time and are in transition from being hospitalized, etc and there are outside factors but how the f are there no groups being offered on weekends?? 

I like big time need to understand how people are affording and attending  quality trauma therapy (I’m looking for EMDR specifically) when they are working 9-5 and everyone is booked . If anyone has ideas on resources please lmk.