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Originally Posted by long_gone
I email my therapist approximately twice a month, usually in response to an unusually difficult time for me (for example, in the case of family contact or a rupture with her) or if I am not seeing her on a regular basis. She encourages me to do so and historically I have found it very reassuring. We have both acknowledged that it has moved the work and our relationship forward.
However, it is a current great source of concern to me because she has told me that she doesn't have this kind of contact with other clients. I feel a horrible sense of collusion and "specialness" which makes me very wary.
I see you are in the UK too. Is your therapist NHS or private practice? I previously had an NHS therapist and the option of emailing them would have never even occurred to me.
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mine isnt actually an English therapist as I met her while i still lived at home and after a year of therapy l moved and we continue therapy over Skype. i send the first email when i was concerned therapy will need to finish because of the move and felt to ashamed to admit it in person. then i would send aprox 1 email a week, now its one a day, not as a rule but there is always something i have to say...
i did quite recently go through a few weeks of feelings gulity, needy and 'too much' but there has been so many times i emailed her to ask to tell me when i write too much. she never did, and we briefly talked about it but without an obvious outcome.
maybe it's not a problem for everyone. i think it wouldn't be for me, especially because i dont expect her to reply...