Lately I've been going deeper during sessions and even opened up about self-harm, something I've never talked about before. This has stirred up a lot of emotions and dredged some things up from my past that I haven't thought about in a long time. I have been more uneasy between sessions and having strong urges to contact my therapist. Thus, I've felt like I either need to see her physically 2x a week or have a check-in (phone, text, e-mail) between sessions or not come at all.

I often feel like 1 hour a week and then radio silence does more harm than good, especially when discussing more difficult topics. I am allowed out-of-session contact but don't want to get annoying/bother her. I want it to be productive without abusing the privilege.

I guess I don't really have a specific question, but any thoughts/comments on this would be helpful.