My T allows me to e-mail and text him outside of sessions. He encourages me to write if I am having a difficult time. He sometimes mentions that he feels partly responsible for opening up this box of trauma, and that he wouldn’t want to leave me completely alone with it during the week.

I email once in a while. I don’t text because nothing has been too urgent so far. He replies most of the time. I mostly make it a point not to expect a response from him so I don’t get disappointed. It’s worked so far for me and I don’t feel hurt during the times, albeit very rarely, that he doesn’t respond.