I started this therapy program through my work's EAP (6 free sessions) due to being in a hell of a depression (and extremely stressed) and because I can't afford regular therapy anymore. Today was my second session with this therapist and it was via phone call. I had just been expressing how stressed I am and work stress is making me dysfunctional in normal life. She said "well it sounds like the next step is putting in job applications." I had said 3 times that I want to job hunt but I am in a state of executive dysfunction that I am barely able to feed myself, let alone apply for new jobs. I am trying to make it happen, and I am failing at the moment. What I need help with is figuring out how to manage the executive dysfunction to do the things I need to do. I feel like others fail to understand that I may know what I need to do, but not being to do it, or be struggling to do it. After she said this, I explained "yes, that is definitely the plan." And she didn't say anything. I waited and waited. I was feeling so uncomfortable I couldn't break the silence. This was triggering because I have experienced this with a therapist before when I told them that I understood the problem, what I needed help with was actually figuring out how to work on the problem and they went silent (on the phone as well). It sounded like there were background noises. So after roughly two minutes of silence, I just hung up. I was overwhelmed with a familiar feeling that I am beyond help. I have been to so many therapists and I am so familiar with someone telling me the problem that I already identified and not having any helpful advice on how to make myself do the things I need to do. She did not call me back. It was extremely upsetting. I have read that some therapists use silence, but this was an instance where I had explained what I needed (help getting to the point of doing the thing), she just told me I needed to do the thing, I told her I know, and that was the moment in which there is an opportunity to provide advice on how to get there. And she said nothing. This does not seem professional to me, unless she had somehow conveyed that the silence was a tool. I guess I'm just asking what you all think. And maybe what I should do when I have been unsuccessful in seriously improving my mental health after 8 years of therapy. I feel like the help I need is more intensive or comprehensive but where does that exist that doesn't cost thousands of dollars?