Hi Lucy, I accessed help through my Onco as I was having a tough time tolerating meds and got really down. Before my first session I was asked to fill in a questionnaire which my allocated psychotherapist read and then understood my anxieties before we met. At the first session she asked me what I wanted from them and I burst into tears and said I no longer recognised who I was and needed to like who I was now after all my treatments and being diagnosed with mets. Like your sessions it all seemed a bit chatty but it was very purposeful and I was given little homework’s to do so I could reclaim my life. I initially saw her every week then two weeks then monthly. She talked about ending the sessions but when I was anxious she added another couple. I was never told I had a certain number of sessions so I’ve been very fortunate. I attended sessions for just over seven months and knew when I was independent and it was time to stop. I did score highly on anxiety levels but not on depression. I grieved for the person I was, and once I accepted she was gone I began to look at who and what I now was. So I suppose acceptance was the key to moving forward. I discovered I was a lot stronger than I thought .Without Rachaels’ help I would have given up on my meds as I was in hospital monthly as I was not tolerating them. Bless the NHS ?