Yup - my T encourages contact via text, email, or phone calls. Mostly because she knows that my boundaries are way more strict than hers, and I would never abuse it. My T is trying to help me understand that sometimes it's okay to reach out and that I'm not being intrusive and it's better to ask for help early than to let things spiral to a crisis point.

I'm very careful about how I use each form of contact. Emails are for detailed things that I want to share with T, but that don't require much from her in reply. I accept that my T will usually give me a brief reply relevant to what I've emailed her, and will suggest that we talk about it more in the next session. I usually manage to bring up the email and talk about it...if I don't, then T will bring it up, which is why I sent her the email in the first place. It's sometimes easier to bring things up in email first. Text is used for brief status updates when I'm struggling, for scheduling, or when I need to talk to T but am hesitant to call. Phone calls are for when I really need to talk to T asap.

Oh- and my pdoc prefers emails to phone calls, because he can quickly respond to emails between clients, when he may not be able to make a call as easily.