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Originally Posted by ScarletPimpernel
From my point of view, it's your dependency on the replies that is the issue. What if she's sick? Dealing with an emergency? And you expect her to reply always? And if not, you're at risk for a crisis?
My T lets me email her as much as I want to. I can ask for a reply in the email, but that doesn't mean she will reply. And her replies tend to be the same: got your email, lets talk about it next session, everything is okay, have a great weekend. Sometimes she replies the same day. Sometimes it's several days. But her lack of response doesn't effect my situation.
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That's how I took her T's comments also and why I suggested perhaps transitioning to a weekly email or journal to communicate things to discuss in session. It would still give the OP an outlet for those thoughts and feelings to know they will be seen, but also create a more realistic expectation that those things generally need to be discussed in session.
Perhaps talking to the T about that kind of option and working out a plan for those times when there is a real emergency/crisis that really requires immediate intervention and feedback from the T -- how to communicate that kind of emergent situation. It would be a workable middle ground I would think.
Again, so sorry your T handled this change so badly, but it is probably something that can be talked about and worked with. It is a change, but perhaps in the long-run it will be a healthy one.