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Originally Posted by Butterflying
Hi,
I just joined, so I thought I would jump right in.  I've been in therapy with this therapist for about 7 years, maybe more. I lost track. I email him when I get upset about things during the week. I don't do this a lot, but the point is I'm not supposed to do it at all. If it is a true emergency, I'm supposed to call. Otherwise use other ways to cope, i.e., journal. Sometimes it just gets overwhelming and I feel so bad I just write to him. Usually he doesn't write back. Sometimes he does though. I'm afraid he is tired of this.  |
I think how you feel about this is "normal". Some T's allow emails others don't. I can email and don't feel T is making me enforce her boundaries, I can feel her boundaries in how and when she replys, sometimes boundaries aren't always about taking something away, sometimes their best modelled by permitting something but maintaining them whilst permitting. If that makes sense. A person unsure of being able to maintain boundaries often times builds a barracade, perhaps its this your feeling?