Hmmm. For me, journalling is much better than telling T face to face. I don't know about you or other people, but I not only work on different levels but each level comes with a different degree of perception. That's pretty opaque so let me explain. If I'm face to face with someone with my eyes open, even with T, I'm quite a bit farther away from my insides than in other situations and less able to feel out my real thoughts and feelings. Moving toward my insides, then there's the situation of me alone, typing at my computer and journalling. Moving still closer to my insides, there are all the thoughts and feelings of complete dark, in the middle of the night.

So, journalling permits me to access parts of me that aren't available with T. And also to deal with issues at greater length and with more detail. Every week I put together quite a number of pages of journal and print them out before going to see T and hand them over. She then decides, provided I agree, what to start with on that particular day, whether something from the journal or something else she thinks we need to talk about. In fact, I really couldn't conceive of working effectively with T without journalling. To me, it's an essential part of therapy. And my T does not want me to email my journals to her because on her end other people have access to the computer. So she definitely wants me to hold it for T day and give it to her then.

Understand, deliquesce, all I'm doing is telling you what I do. It may not apply to your situation at all. But I do think that journalling is a very positive tool that's easy to use and available to all. Take care!