For what it is worth, I do not write the therapist in order for the therapist to respond. Her responses are usually worse than useless. I write to get stuff away from me. I often use regular mail rather than email to keep down the possibility for response and because I think email and texting are often done (not saying this is how OP would be) more off the cuff. Writing by hand uses different parts of the brain (I am not making this up - there are studies).