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Originally Posted by justafriend306
Well, friends, you have repeatedly seen me post about maintaining a professional relationship so my answer should come as no surprise.
No, I wouldn't send such an email.
Please consider this. Sunday night - or any out of office hours - are your therapist's personal time. Realise that they have their own life to live, and a family that counts on them. Their responsibility to them I think far outweighs to that of a patient. Consider too, what their personal lives would be like if every patient of theirs interupted and intruded upon it. Not very fair to them and extremely unfair to their spouse and family. If then, you honestly do care for your therapist and that their well being is of importance to you, you should take this all into consideration before you send that email (or text).
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I disagree. My T considers non-scheduling-related texts to be intrusive on his time, but not e-mail. He explained that he chooses when to look at his e-mail, so he can do that when he has some free time (like, when he's not doing family stuff). Because he uses the same phone for work/personal, a text coming in is different, since that could intrude when he's doing family/personal stuff.
So I think it's fine to e-mail your T, but maybe keep it fairly short and say in there that you understand if it will take some time to reply (or even that you understand if she doesn't reply at all). Just bear in mind that she might not be able to read it right away.