I'm not sure that I would continue seeing my T if I could not contact her via email outside of sessions. Email was initially how I contacted her in the first place.

Before meeting me she gave me her cell and office number. She explained that she doesn't give it out for just free contact, but she knows sometimes its needed to do her job. So while I know I have her cell phone number, I would never use it (unless I was on the edge of killing myself, and even then i'd probably choose to text her).

She replies to my emails in at most, 24 hours, but usually I can expect one around 2-3 pm. So I hound my email box for those two hours lol. She says that she likes that I email her because they express my thoughts more, and she see's me giving her little "trust tests" in them (where I give her an inch of trusted information and see what she does with it).

The last email I sent her was quite lengthy (things I had wanted to tell her last session but couldn't) and she read it, printed it out, and hopped immediately on it to discuss. I told her there was no need to respond back since we could discuss it in session, but she still sent me back a quick response letting me know she received the email, thought it was a good suggestion to discuss this next session and gave me a little reassurance on how I was feeling.

I'm not an expert on therapists but, if it was that cut and dry with the contact, i'd feel less like a person she wanted to help and more like a 9-5 chore...which would likely cause me to stop sessions pretty immediately.