My T has written me notes (and emails) about her feelings toward me and the work that I'm doing, and I have found them profoundly transformative. I have a hard time holding onto her words when they are spoken aloud, so having something I can hold onto and think about and return to makes it easier to absorb them. Plus sometimes in session my brain sort of shuts down in order to filter out the positive things, which is terribly frustrating. Whereas I can look at the notes any time I want to in a variety of mental/emotional states.

I think there is something more personal and intimate about handwriting as opposed to typed text. It's the reason why I send hand-written thank you notes to people when I could more easily have sent an email. Hand-written means more. I feel the same way about seeing my T's handwriting on the notes. It underscores the you-to-me aspect of the communication.