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Originally Posted by WanderingBark
He doesn't allow outside communication except for scheduling, unfortunately. I can understand why--he's very busy and it must be exhausting to be a therapist. Selfishly, however, I would feel better if I were allowed one needy "I miss you" text or e-mail even if he didn't respond back.
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In my experience, the combination of the emergence of childlike neediness and no contact between sessions might be a recipe for a ton of dysregulation and distress. When these attachment needs come out, as someone wrote, the person naturally desires proximity to the attachment figure.