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Originally Posted by shamon86
So my T has always told me to email her if I need to talk while in between sessions. I've done it a couple of times and she's responded before, but lately I haven't heard anything. She said that sometimes she doesn't know if I'm just venting or needing a response (she said either way was okay) but I've been asking her questions in my emails and now she's not responding at all. I'm feeling particularly alone recently and I felt like she was the only one that maybe understood but now I'm just thinking that I'm really alone. I've overstayed my welcome and I really just am that crazy girl that who gets too attached and is too needy.
I really want to ask her why she stopped responding but I'm afraid that I'll just make it worse. Any suggestions?
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My therapist allows emails. She told me in the beginning that it was fine for me to email her, as long as I did not expect a response. There have been a few times she's responded - usually a one sentence thing. Other than that, if I wrote her about something that required a response, it would be discussed next session.
What has impressed me about how she handles it, though, is that there have been a few times that I have written her from a place of anguish. She has a real instinct for recognizing that.. and has always called me right away if she thinks I am in a really bad place.