It is very sad. Especially if you are looking for a therapist that takes your insurance. Many therapists stop taking insurance and only take private pay as soon as they can which is $100+ a session. I was looking hard in 2019. Called everyone. Even tried Sweetser. (Don’t try Sweetser). Eventually I found a counselor for $65 a session. But she was just talk therapy and couldn’t help with actual trauma. So I had to keep looking. I started seeing counselors at my university. I gave up for a while during the pandemic and then finally tried better help last year. I had the best therapist I have ever met through better help! It being online only made it better. I didn’t have to drive. I could message her at any time(which was the BEST). You can’t do that with a regular in office therapist. Plus no insurance bullshit. Just a monthly fee! (With that said BetterHelp has faced lawsuits for some unethical practices and some therapists on their site are shitty. I just got lucky!) but it is definitely worth a try if your mental health needs it.

Also, you can call around to therapists and ask if they do supervision. If they do, they might have students/associate therapists (still needing to take the exam) that could see you.