I read her my transcript of our last session. I was surprised to find that she didn’t contradict me.

We talked about notes in general. Her argument was that I should speak from the heart and in the moment, and I don’t deny that this has produced some good results. But it devalues all the hard work I did during the week.

At the end she urged me not to send her any more emails.

T: It’s too important for that.
Me: I wouldn’t normally have done it, but I was in unbearable turmoil and I felt I had to do something. But I’ll do my best not to send you any more. In fact, I promise not to do it any more.
T: Don’t promise. Doing your best will be enough. Black and white thinking again, you see!

Well, that’s the other reason I take notes. If I can write a note and read it to her later, surely that is better than sending an email? So I am going to continue to write notes, and if time permits I shall catch up with the ten pages I failed to read today.

Me: By the way, I saw the Aspergic assessor today and I wanted to tell you about that. But there’s no time.
T: Tell me next week.

Just as well I made some notes, eh?