Thanks, estella. Yes, current T (who I've only been seeing a few months...and who used to work with MC) seems to have much better-defined boundaries. At first, it was a bit frustrating (he charges for e-mails that take more than 15 minutes to read and respond to), but now...I'm seeing the positives to it. Plus he fit me into a session tomorrow morning (MC is usually fully booked), so I really appreciate him for that (not the first time he's squeezed me in at last minute).

But at least I know what to expect...and yes, I have to pay for tomorrow's session (not sure yet if I'm keeping Tuesday's), but I also feel like there's much less of a chance of misunderstandings in person. Plus, now I feel like MC is holding the extensive outside contact over my head...like it was OK for the past couple years, but not anymore. Which seems really arbitrary. And is painful. Especially because he's made this big deal about not abandoning me. I mean, yeah, maybe he's not terminating us, but where is the abandonment line emotionally? Topics to discuss tomorrow, I guess...