I would like to share that I am an example of therapy contact gone wrong. I used to have daily contact with my old t (phone, email, text, you name it). It was a lifesaver for me. Until I went to residential, and learned that such frequent contact was a legal boundary crossing. I ended up having to switch therapists.

According to my new t, contact is fine, but its what is said in the emails, texts, etc that can lead to unethical behavior. Because those are not confidential means of communication, any "therapy" over technology is unethical. Anything your t says has to be vague enough that no one can relate the message to the client in any way, or else it is breaching confidentiality. The client can say whatever they like, but the therapist is ethically obliged to not give any client specific response. Therefore, that sort of communication becomes sort of pointless.

However, because we live in a growing world of technology, many therapists are using technology to contact with clients. And the lines of communication and what is ethical and what isn't is becoming blurred. My advice to anyone who is using text, email, etc for whatever reason is to make sure that firm boundaries are established. I wouldn't want anyone to have to lose their t like I did.