i agree with petra5ed that she is trying to get you to do less work at home and more in session. i think it is more up to the client though as far as contact outside of session. maybe if you get to a place where you are doing more art in session and journaling out of session it would be a good balance. i just don't think you need to contact her in between sessions if you don't want to. it does feel a bit like encouraging dependency on her which i don't think is a great idea. if she had suggested you call a friend that would be different. it'd probably be good to talk to her about it all.