I find it a little strange that she makes it a requirement, but I understand the desire to have access to your psychiatrist (and vice versa). The two are functioning as your mental health "team"--treating your issues with different strategies. Sometimes those strategies can conflict.

My pdoc and psychologist are not on the same page right now. The former thinks I'm riddled with anxiety. The latter thinks I'm fine in this department. If my pdoc keeps insisting I'm feeling emotions that I swear I'm not feeling (which is the height of rudeness...but I digress!), I'm going to ask that my therapist contact him so she can straighten him out. She knows me a trillion times better than he does. In my opinion, it would be irresponsible for him to NOT consult with her over something like that. There have also been times when my therapist felt I needed a change in my medication and in those cases, I gave her permission to kibbutz with my pdoc. Always with good results.

There is a little "cat and dog" hate between the two professionals, I think. But like I said, I trust my therapist much more than I do my pdoc. I think some therapists probably like playing the heavy for their patients (mine would be one of them!) So your therapist may be used to playing this role. But I think you should be able to tell her it's not necessary if you don't want her to.