My therapist is very kind and thoughtful and nonjudgmental. I’m allowed to email him, but he will only read and respond during work hours. I send an average of about one email every three weeks. He doesn’t like to conduct therapy over email so sometimes his emails are short but often they have been very nice and reassuring. The last two weeks I have sent what felt like very intense, vulnerable emails (for me anyway) and he has responded with something like “let’s talk about this next week” which initially makes me feel dismissed and sort of blown off. It feels silly to get upset about it though because technically he didn’t do anything wrong. On the other hand, when I get those simple, abrupt emails, although I initially feel hurt, I actually seem to obsess less about therapy during the week and have a better week overall. Does this make sense to anyone? Is there maybe a reason that he is responding this way to help me feel better or is it just coincidence?