I agree with you, stopdog! Saying it's in the client's best interest is like being the judge over someone's feelings and emotions or struggles etc. A T can set boundaries, and I agree with most of them. But making it a boundary to not be contacted out of sessions is usually and in most cases more harmful to a client than doing any good. We as clients don't go to Therapy because we need to be treated like we have been all our lives. We go because we need help and therapy is not like taking a drug and waiting for it to work. It's an active and dynamic process.

And yes, Ts have their own personal lives. And so they should. Making it a rule to not read emails or answering phone calls after a certain hour seems a good thing to do. But if it is within a usual work day, I see nothing wrong with it unless it causes the T to lose money or neglect other patients. But charging a little extra for it seems a solution to that.