My T has an emergency number for clients to call if they are in crisis. Does your T have that?

I email or call my T to cancel or reschedule appointments. I have rarely called for other reasons. If it's not an emergency, it can wait until the next session. Recently, I had an issue come up that I needed his advice on before our next session because what I wanted to talk with about was an event that was going to occur before I saw him next. He was very gracious about agreeing to talk with me by phone. We must have talked at least 10 minutes! It was so useful but an unusual situation.

One thing to consider is why you need to be able to talk to your T between sessions. If you are in crisis, you need a crisis number to call and should definitely make use of it. If it's not a crisis, then I think this is a good thing to discuss with your T in session. Maybe in therapy you could work on coping skills you could use so you have alternatives to calling your T for non-crises.

There are some types of therapy where the T is always available to the client by phone--DBT comes to mind. So if you need frequent phone contact, that might be another option to look at.