Glad for you, Echoes, that it feels like the real therapy is back, and that you have held on to the calm and connectedness. That is so nice when it's like that! Glad too that you are content with the way your therapy works and with the way your therapist is. That is an awesome place to be in and hopefully I can get there, too!
My T doesn't do text or email, either, and I am actually quite fine with that. I don't feel like I need that sort of contact; I just like knowing I can call her if I need to. I'm happy with her giving hugs at the end of session, too......what I wish is that the connection could feel more consistent. Who knows, if my perception that sometimes she is a little more distant than others is really her, or me that's pulling back, or just my perception of a coolness and guardedness from her that's not quite the way I perceive it to be, but just my reaction or misinterpretation of that moment and her manner in that moment. This is the confusing part for me....