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Originally Posted by Petra5ed
The only good reason I can think of it that this is just a temporary plan for her to get you to open up more, so that you'll be able to open up more in therapy. Maybe she's reading your journal and getting a sense you need to talk more about something in the moment with her so she can understand it better?
But, it is a bit off seeming. I've never heard of a T suggesting you not write about your feelings, not to mention encouraging contacts out of session. In my mind the fact she reads your journal on her own time, on top of the therapy time, seems somewhat off as well.
This would worry me, and I would ask why she feels like this will be helpful. Not sure.
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She's not saying not to write about my feelings, just that currently there's so much stuff we are not getting thru in session that all needs attention plus the fact i'm struggling to produce art work in session where it can be discussed. So her idea i think is to work only on the stuff produced in session to make sure it all gets attention.
The out of session contact is only allowed when in "crisis". Her definition of crisis is when i just feel really awful, low and/or want to self-harm or worse. Basically for her to be my safety net so that i don't get to the stage of actually S.H'ing. Any other time, then i'm not allowed to be in contact with her.
I'm surprised that she takes extra time to read my journal or look at my work outside of session too but that's just how she works.