I violated my rule on not sending an email to my t, but I am not going to beat myself up since I haven't sent more than 1 email per month since August. Plus, she told me I could do it if there was something specific I wanted to talk about/work on in my upcoming session. There is.

So anyway, I emailed my t that I want to talk about where I can get additional alternative support for between session contact if I need it. I also brought up the idea of seeing a different therapist through my Employee Assistance Program at work on weeks when she is out of town and won't be able to conduct my session. In addition, I asked for recommendations for any free phone support lines or Web sites. I also said that since working on attachment, dissociation, parts work, etc., has not worked out for us in sessions, could she recommend a workbook I could do on my own outside of our sessions to address those issues?

I added that I am not implying that I don't want to continue therapy with her. I just need some ideas for obtaining the additional professional support should the need arise, and that I don't expect the extra support to come from her.

Does what I said sound OK? I'm not trying to make it sound like I don't want to work with my t anymore. I'm just not going to try to get milk out of a turnip anymore. Surely, by this time, she understands that I need more than she can give??? If she can't give the extra support, yet would like me to continue working with her, rather than change therapists, shouldn't she help me find the additional resources I need?

She emailed me back that we could talk about all of this on my session tomorrow.