DBT and Fears

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Well this sucks. I was trying to get into a special kind of therapy called DBT. Its known for being good for people who want to hurt themselves or are suicidal a lot, which I have been over the past 2 years. I am under the care of a mental health organization which offers it...but of course there are catches. There are always catches! I'd have to see one of their therapists for individual DBT or my therapist would have to be doing only DBT with me. My therapist doesn't do only DBT and I am not going to switch therapists! I can't tolerate individual DBT...its too impersonal and feels like I'm being trained like a dog instead of treated like a human being. I need eclectic individual therapy. My fear is that my therapist is going to take the decision out of my hands and quit on me, trying to leave me no choice but to go to all DBT. That would just break me since abandonment is such a core issue for me.