I know, this topic has probably been discussed thousands of times. But I still feel compelled to make this a new thread again because I have a very strong opinion about it.

I see my Therapist twice a week. That is more than my rent, my car payments, my health isurance, what I pay for food every month and so on. I pay that with gratitude and I believe it's the best money I have ever spent on anything. But I do expect value for that money - as I would if I would spend it on buying anything else. If my therapist would tell me to not call, text or email out of session, I would feel like merely a wallet filler and not a cared for client. That doesn't mean I email every day or text or call, but when I need to, I do.

Therapy doesn't just happen in the hour you are in the office with a T, it's an ongoing process that keeps happening when you leave the office, when you are at home, when you are with friends or family or when you are alone. A good T will even encourage out of session contact when the client really feels the need to because I believe it can show the process a client is in and also that a client is able to reach out if he needs to.

That's not to say you should call or email your T every day or multiple times a day. I know and understand how that can cross important boundaries.
But when I go to a session, I pour out my heart, share my deepest emotions and fears and how could that suddenly be completely resolved when I close the therapist's office door behind me? I usually text my T the same day I had a session. Either with a message of gratitude (which I believe is important!) or a message about how I feel. Sometimes I email when I struggle with certain things that came up during a session. Not once has she asked me not to do this. Not once has she ever given me the feeling that I am doing something wrong.